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The Battalion arrived in Boulogne on the 14/14/1914 and were part of the 19th Infantry Brigade, 2nd...
Family Information
Eldest son of Andrew Aitken ( - 16/02/1923) and Mary Leishman Aitken (30/10/1856 - 21/07/1943) o...
Details of Death
Killed in Action on the 25/09/1915 at Cambrin on the opening day of the Battle of Loos
Burial Details
Grave Reference - (G.4)
Military Service
Rank: Lance Corporal Regiment: Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Enlisted at: Baird Town Hall, Coatb...
Occupation
Occupation: Iron/Steel Worker Tube Worker in the Caledonian Tubeworks.
Lance Corporal James Aitken
Service No: S/3406
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
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1918
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Coatbridge Leader 09/10/1915 (Lance Corporal James Aitken)
The Poppy Cross Laid At James' Gravestone
James' Service Record
James' younger brother Sergeant Robert Aitken's Service Record
Cambrin Churchyard Extension kindly donated by Thierry Dericbourg
James' Service Record
James' younger brother Sergeant Alexander Aitken's Service Medal and Award Rolls
CWGC Grave Registration
Coatbridge Express 30/12/1914 (COATS PARISH CHURCH ROLL OF HONOUR. Brothers Robert and Alexander listed)
James' younger brother Sergeant Robert Aitken's Service Record
Headstone Report
James' younger brother Sergeant Alexander Aitken's Service Medal and Award Rolls
James' Service Record
James' younger brother Private Andrew Aitken (1) (see Directory for Andrew's page)
James' younger brother Sapper John Aitken's Medal Index Card
James' younger brother Sergeant Robert Aitken's Service Record
Headstone Report
Coatbridge Leader 21/05/1921 (DUNBETH U.F. CHURCH MEMORIAL)
James' younger brother Sergeant Robert Aitken's Service Record
James' Service Record
James' younger brother Private Andrew Aitken's Medal Index Card (1) (see Directory for Andrew's page)
James' younger brother Sapper John Aitken's Service Medal and Award Rolls
Coatbridge Leader 03/03/1917 (James' brother in law, Sergeant James Harkness)
Coatbridge Leader 09/03/1940 (THE POPPIES GROW-LOOS SEPTEMBER 1915)
Airdrie and Coatbridge Advertiser 27/09/1919 (BATTLE OF LOOS IN MEMORIAM)
Airdrie and Coatbridge Advertiser 27/09/1919 (BATTLE OF LOOS IN MEMORIAM)
Coatbridge Leader 09/03/1940 (THE POPPIES GROW-LOOS SEPTEMBER 1915)
James' Service Record
James' younger brother 2nd Corporal David Aitken's Medal Index Card
James' younger brother Sergeant Robert Aitken's Medal Index Card
James' younger brother Private Andrew Aitken's Service Medal and Award Rolls (1) (see Directory for Andrew's page)
Coatbridge Leader 21/05/1921 (DUNBETH U.F. CHURCH MEMORIAL)
Coatbridge Leader 30/09/1922 (BATTLE OF LOOS COMMEMORATION)
James' Service Record
James' Main Grave photo July 2023
James' Grave in July 2023
James' Grave in July 2023
James' Grave photo kindly donated by Mick McCann at the British War Graves
Coatbridge Leader 21/05/1921 (DUNBETH U.F. CHURCH MEMORIAL)
James' Grave Photograph kindly donated by Thierry Dericbourg
Family Plot in Old Monkland Cemetery
Cambrin Churchyard Cemetery
Cambrin Churchyard Extension kindly donated by Thierry Dericbourg
James' younger brother 2nd Corporal David Aitken's Service Medal and Award Rolls
Old Monkland Cemetery
James' younger brother Sergeant Robert Aitken's Service Medal and Awards
Family Plot in Old Monkland Cemetery
James' younger brother Private Andrew Aitken's Service Medal and Award Rolls (2) (see Directory for Andrew's page)
Coatbridge Express 30/12/1914 (COATS PARISH CHURCH ROLL OF HONOUR. Brothers Robert and Alexander listed)
Lance Corporal James Aitken
Airdrie and Coatbridge Advertiser 27/09/1919 (BATTLE OF LOOS IN MEMORIAM)
James' Service Record
Coatbridge Leader 30/09/1922 (BATTLE OF LOOS COMMEMORATION)
James' younger brother Sergeant Robert Aitken
James' younger brother Sergeant Alexander Aitken
Coatbridge Leader 09/03/1940 (THE POPPIES GROW-LOOS SEPTEMBER 1915)
Coatbridge Express 27/09/1922 BATTLE OF LOOS COMMEMORATION (Lance Corporal James Aitken + all Battle casualties)
Coatbridge Leader 09/03/1940 (THE POPPIES GROW-LOOS SEPTEMBER 1915)
Coatbridge Leader 21/05/1921 (DUNBETH U.F. CHURCH MEMORIAL)
Airdrie and Coatbridge Advertiser 27/09/1919 (BATTLE OF LOOS IN MEMORIAM)
Coatbridge Leader 30/09/1922 (BATTLE OF LOOS COMMEMORATION)
Coatbridge Express 30/12/1914 (COATS PARISH CHURCH ROLL OF HONOUR. Brothers Robert and Alexander listed)
Service Medal and Award Rolls
Service Medal and Award Rolls
Medal Index Card
Coatbridge Express 27/09/1922 BATTLE OF LOOS COMMEMORATION (Lance Corporal James Aitken + all Battle casualties)
Four of the Aitken brothers
James' parents Marriage Certificate
James' Pension Record
James' Pension Record
Archie Fisher (relative) at James' Grave
The 1891 Census
Coatbridge Leader 21/05/1921 (DUNBETH U.F. CHURCH MEMORIAL)
Airdrie and Coatbridge Advertiser 23/09/1916
Coatbridge Leader 09/03/1940 (THE POPPIES GROW-LOOS SEPTEMBER 1915)
Airdrie and Coatbridge Advertiser 27/09/1919 (BATTLE OF LOOS IN MEMORIAM)
Coatbridge Express 27/09/1922 BATTLE OF LOOS COMMEMORATION (Lance Corporal James Aitken + all Battle casualties)
Airdrie and Coatbridge Advertiser 29/09/1917
Coatbridge Leader 21/05/1921 (DUNBETH U.F. CHURCH MEMORIAL)
Coatbridge Leader 30/09/1922 (BATTLE OF LOOS COMMEMORATION)
Coatbridge Leader 09/03/1940 (THE POPPIES GROW-LOOS SEPTEMBER 1915)
Airdrie and Coatbridge Advertiser 27/09/1919 (BATTLE OF LOOS IN MEMORIAM)
Coatbridge Leader 30/09/1922 (BATTLE OF LOOS COMMEMORATION)
Coatbridge Express 27091922 BATTLE OF LOOS COMMEMORATION (Lance Corporal James Aitken + all Battle casualties)
Coatbridge Leader 09/03/1940 (THE POPPIES GROW-LOOS SEPTEMBER 1915)
CWGC Grave Registration
Coatbridge Express 27/09/1922 BATTLE OF LOOS COMMEMORATION (Lance Corporal James Aitken + all Battle casualties)
Coatbridge Leader 07/11/1914 (Lance Corporal James Aitken and family)
James' Service Record
James' younger brother Sergeant Robert Aitken's Service Record
James' younger brother Sergeant Alexander Aitken's Medal Index Card
Coatbridge Leader 21/05/1921 (DUNBETH U.F. CHURCH MEMORIAL)
Airdrie and Coatbridge Advertiser 27/09/1919 (BATTLE OF LOOS IN MEMORIAM)
Coatbridge Leader 30/09/1922 (BATTLE OF LOOS COMMEMORATION)
Airdrie and Coatbridge Advertiser 27/09/1919 (BATTLE OF LOOS IN MEMORIAM)
Dunbeth United Free Church / Parish Church Roll of Honour