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Military service
Service number:
112168
Age:
23
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
Division:
18th Bn.
Birth:
October 4, 1893
London, Ontario
Enlistment:
May 10, 1915
London, Ontario
Death:
May 9, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of John and Eliza Aitken, of 170, Bruce St., London, Ontario.
Brother of Private Arthur Bailey Aitken, who died while serving with the Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment).
Digitized Service File.
Digital gallery of Private Herman Aitken
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Newspaper Clipping
Source: London Free Press -
Newspaper Clipping
Source : London Free Press -
Inscription
Herman Aitken's name on the Vimy Memorial -
Photo of Herman Aitken in uniform
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Vimy Memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Photo of HERMAN AITKEN
Cpl Herman A Aitken of the 18th Btn CEF, from "The Echo" December 1919 -
Newspaper Clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Private Herman Aitken
Digital gallery of
Private Herman Aitken
Digital gallery of
Private Herman Aitken
Digital gallery of
Private Herman Aitken
Digital gallery of
Private Herman Aitken
Digital gallery of
Private Herman Aitken
Digital gallery of
Private Herman Aitken
Digital gallery of
Private Herman Aitken
Digital gallery of
Private Herman Aitken
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 189 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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