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Son of John and Eliza Aitken, of 170, Bruce St., London, Ontario.
Brother of Private Herman Aitken, who died while serving with the Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment).
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Private Arthur Bailey Aitken
Source: London Free Press
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Private Arthur Bailey Aitken
Source: London Advertiser 1918
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Private Arthur Bailey Aitken
Source: London Advertiser 1918
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Private Arthur Bailey Aitken
Cap Badge 15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Submitted by Capt V Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH
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Private Arthur Bailey Aitken
Shoulder Patch 15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Submitted by Capt V Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH
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Private Arthur Bailey Aitken
Cap Badge 241st Bn (Scottish Borderers). Private Aiken originally enlisted as an underage soldier. After spending time in a Boys Bn in England he volunteered for the front and was posted to the 15th Bn as a reinforcement. Submitted by Capt V Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH
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Private Arthur Bailey Aitken
Record of Service Card (front side). Submitted by permission 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team.
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Private Arthur Bailey Aitken
Record of Service Card (reverse side). Submitted by permission 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team.
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Private Arthur Bailey Aitken
"The Canal du Nord memorial, erected by the 15th Battalion Memorial Project and the town of Marquion, was unveiled and dedicated on 24 September 2012. The memorial commemorates the actions of the 15th Battalion CEF, during the Canadian assault on the Canal du Nord on 27 September 1918 and the memory of those members of the Battalion who fell during the engagement. The memorial sits alongside the existing Canal du Nord, inside the town of Marquion, which the Battalion captured during the battle."
Photo submitted by the 15th Battalion Memorial Project Team.
Dileas Gu Brath
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Private Arthur Bailey Aitken
Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. Dileas Gu Brath
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Private Arthur Bailey Aitken
Aitken is remembered on a plaque in St. James Westminster Anglican Church in London, Ontario
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Private Arthur Bailey Aitken
Pte Arthur B Aitken as shown in the December 1918 edition of The Christmas Echo published in London Ontario --And in the Morning
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Private Arthur Bailey Aitken
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
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Source: London Free Press
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Source: London Advertiser 1918
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Source: London Advertiser 1918
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Cap Badge 15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Submitted by Capt V Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH
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Shoulder Patch 15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Submitted by Capt V Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH
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Cap Badge 241st Bn (Scottish Borderers). Private Aiken originally enlisted as an underage soldier. After spending time in a Boys Bn in England he volunteered for the front and was posted to the 15th Bn as a reinforcement. Submitted by Capt V Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH
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Record of Service Card (front side). Submitted by permission 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team.
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Record of Service Card (reverse side). Submitted by permission 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team.
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"The Canal du Nord memorial, erected by the 15th Battalion Memorial Project and the town of Marquion, was unveiled and dedicated on 24 September 2012. The memorial commemorates the actions of the 15th Battalion CEF, during the Canadian assault on the Canal du Nord on 27 September 1918 and the memory of those members of the Battalion who fell during the engagement. The memorial sits alongside the existing Canal du Nord, inside the town of Marquion, which the Battalion captured during the battle." Photo submitted by the 15th Battalion Memorial Project Team. Dileas Gu Brath
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Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. Dileas Gu Brath
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Aitken is remembered on a plaque in St. James Westminster Anglican Church in London, Ontario
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Pte Arthur B Aitken as shown in the December 1918 edition of The Christmas Echo published in London Ontario --And in the Morning
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Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 358 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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CHAPEL CORNER CEMETERY, SAUCHY-LESTREE Pas de Calais, France
Sauchy-Lestree is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais and a little north of the road from Arras to Cambrai. CHAPEL CORNER CEMETERY, SAUCHY-LESTREE is about 0.75 kilometres south-east of the village, at a fork of the road to Epinoy.
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