Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC)
Pte. Herman Alfonso Aitken Service Number: 112168
Died 09/05/1917 Aged 22
18th London Battalion CEF
Library and Archives Canada WW1 Personnel Record. http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?op=pdf&app=CEF&id=B0061-S019
Awarded the British War Medal (BWM) and the Victory Medal (VM) for service in England and the European Continent.
Killed by shell fire @ 2 miles East of Vimy
Also a Cenotaph with his parents at #108443351
Commemorated on Page 189 of the First World War Book of Remembrance housed in the Memorial Chamber in the Peace Tower of the Canadian Parliament Buildings.
Son of John and Eliza Aitken, of 170, Bruce St., London, Ontario and Brother of Private Arthur Bailey Aitken, who died while serving with the Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment).
Contributor: Gregory Greer (50368468) 6 Jun & 18 Aug 2020
Library and Archives Canada WW1 Digitized Personnel Record:
Pte. Herman Alfonso Aitken SN 112168
Complexion: medium, Eyes: grey, Hair: light brown, 5' 5¼" Age: 21 years, 5 months
Trade before war: Shoemaker
Enlisted: 10/05/1915 London, Ontario
Unit(s): 7th London Mounted Rifles Battalion & 18th London Irish Rifles Battalion C.E.F.
Killed in action 09/05/1917
Awards: British War Medal (BWM) and Victory Medal (VM)
Brother of Private Arthur Bailey Aitken SN 1045832, who died while serving with the 15th Toronto (48th Highlanders) Battalion C.E.F.
Private A.B. Aitken
1918. The Christmas Echo: Honour Roll Number. LLSC.
Aitken Family Grave, London, ON 2017 Photograph by Grace Evers.
Aitken Family Grave, London, ON
Photographed by Grace Evers, 2017.
CEF no. 1045832
Born in London, ON, Aitken was working as a labourer when he joined the 241st Canadian Infantry Battalion, the Canadian Scottish Borderers, on 23 March 1917, just before his eighteenth birthday. Aitken attested that he had previously served a year in the 7th Fusiliers Regiment. His father, John Aitken, was the fire chief of the London Fire Department. Private Aitken's brother, Corporal Herman Aitken, had been killed in action in May 1917. As an under-aged soldier, Pte. Aitken was attached to the Young Soldiers Battalion at Bexhill until he was old enough to serve in combat. Pte. Aitken finally arrived in France on 20 August 1918 as part of the 15th Btn and entered the frontlines on 7 September. He was killed in action on 27 September 1918, at the age of nineteen.
Private, Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment). Age: 22
Pte. Herman Alfonso Aitken Service Number: 112168
Died 09/05/1917 Aged 22
18th London Battalion CEF
Library and Archives Canada WW1 Personnel Record. http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?op=pdf&app=CEF&id=B0061-S019
Awarded the British War Medal (BWM) and the Victory Medal (VM) for service in England and the European Continent.
Killed by shell fire @ 2 miles East of Vimy
Also a Cenotaph with his parents at #108443351
Commemorated on Page 189 of the First World War Book of Remembrance housed in the Memorial Chamber in the Peace Tower of the Canadian Parliament Buildings.
Son of John and Eliza Aitken, of 170, Bruce St., London, Ontario and Brother of Private Arthur Bailey Aitken, who died while serving with the Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment).
Contributor: Gregory Greer (50368468) 6 Jun & 18 Aug 2020
Library and Archives Canada WW1 Digitized Personnel Record:
Pte. Herman Alfonso Aitken SN 112168
Complexion: medium, Eyes: grey, Hair: light brown, 5' 5¼" Age: 21 years, 5 months
Trade before war: Shoemaker
Enlisted: 10/05/1915 London, Ontario
Unit(s): 7th London Mounted Rifles Battalion & 18th London Irish Rifles Battalion C.E.F.
Killed in action 09/05/1917
Awards: British War Medal (BWM) and Victory Medal (VM)
Brother of Private Arthur Bailey Aitken SN 1045832, who died while serving with the 15th Toronto (48th Highlanders) Battalion C.E.F.
Private A.B. Aitken
1918. The Christmas Echo: Honour Roll Number. LLSC.
Aitken Family Grave, London, ON 2017 Photograph by Grace Evers.
Aitken Family Grave, London, ON
Photographed by Grace Evers, 2017.
CEF no. 1045832
Born in London, ON, Aitken was working as a labourer when he joined the 241st Canadian Infantry Battalion, the Canadian Scottish Borderers, on 23 March 1917, just before his eighteenth birthday. Aitken attested that he had previously served a year in the 7th Fusiliers Regiment. His father, John Aitken, was the fire chief of the London Fire Department. Private Aitken's brother, Corporal Herman Aitken, had been killed in action in May 1917. As an under-aged soldier, Pte. Aitken was attached to the Young Soldiers Battalion at Bexhill until he was old enough to serve in combat. Pte. Aitken finally arrived in France on 20 August 1918 as part of the 15th Btn and entered the frontlines on 7 September. He was killed in action on 27 September 1918, at the age of nineteen.
Private, Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment). Age: 22
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC)
Pte. Herman Alfonso Aitken Service Number: 112168
Died 09/05/1917 Aged 22
18th London Battalion CEF
Library and Archives Canada WW1 Personnel Record. http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?op=pdf&app=CEF&id=B0061-S019
Awarded the British War Medal (BWM) and the Victory Medal (VM) for service in England and the European Continent.
Killed by shell fire @ 2 miles East of Vimy
Also a Cenotaph with his parents at #108443351
Commemorated on Page 189 of the First World War Book of Remembrance housed in the Memorial Chamber in the Peace Tower of the Canadian Parliament Buildings.
Son of John and Eliza Aitken, of 170, Bruce St., London, Ontario and Brother of Private Arthur Bailey Aitken, who died while serving with the Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment).
Contributor: Gregory Greer (50368468) 6 Jun & 18 Aug 2020
Library and Archives Canada WW1 Digitized Personnel Record:
Pte. Herman Alfonso Aitken SN 112168
Complexion: medium, Eyes: grey, Hair: light brown, 5' 5¼" Age: 21 years, 5 months
Trade before war: Shoemaker
Enlisted: 10/05/1915 London, Ontario
Unit(s): 7th London Mounted Rifles Battalion & 18th London Irish Rifles Battalion C.E.F.
Killed in action 09/05/1917
Awards: British War Medal (BWM) and Victory Medal (VM)
Brother of Private Arthur Bailey Aitken SN 1045832, who died while serving with the 15th Toronto (48th Highlanders) Battalion C.E.F.
Private A.B. Aitken
1918. The Christmas Echo: Honour Roll Number. LLSC.
Aitken Family Grave, London, ON 2017 Photograph by Grace Evers.
Aitken Family Grave, London, ON
Photographed by Grace Evers, 2017.
CEF no. 1045832
Born in London, ON, Aitken was working as a labourer when he joined the 241st Canadian Infantry Battalion, the Canadian Scottish Borderers, on 23 March 1917, just before his eighteenth birthday. Aitken attested that he had previously served a year in the 7th Fusiliers Regiment. His father, John Aitken, was the fire chief of the London Fire Department. Private Aitken's brother, Corporal Herman Aitken, had been killed in action in May 1917. As an under-aged soldier, Pte. Aitken was attached to the Young Soldiers Battalion at Bexhill until he was old enough to serve in combat. Pte. Aitken finally arrived in France on 20 August 1918 as part of the 15th Btn and entered the frontlines on 7 September. He was killed in action on 27 September 1918, at the age of nineteen.
Private, Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment). Age: 22
Pte. Herman Alfonso Aitken Service Number: 112168
Died 09/05/1917 Aged 22
18th London Battalion CEF
Library and Archives Canada WW1 Personnel Record. http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?op=pdf&app=CEF&id=B0061-S019
Awarded the British War Medal (BWM) and the Victory Medal (VM) for service in England and the European Continent.
Killed by shell fire @ 2 miles East of Vimy
Also a Cenotaph with his parents at #108443351
Commemorated on Page 189 of the First World War Book of Remembrance housed in the Memorial Chamber in the Peace Tower of the Canadian Parliament Buildings.
Son of John and Eliza Aitken, of 170, Bruce St., London, Ontario and Brother of Private Arthur Bailey Aitken, who died while serving with the Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment).
Contributor: Gregory Greer (50368468) 6 Jun & 18 Aug 2020
Library and Archives Canada WW1 Digitized Personnel Record:
Pte. Herman Alfonso Aitken SN 112168
Complexion: medium, Eyes: grey, Hair: light brown, 5' 5¼" Age: 21 years, 5 months
Trade before war: Shoemaker
Enlisted: 10/05/1915 London, Ontario
Unit(s): 7th London Mounted Rifles Battalion & 18th London Irish Rifles Battalion C.E.F.
Killed in action 09/05/1917
Awards: British War Medal (BWM) and Victory Medal (VM)
Brother of Private Arthur Bailey Aitken SN 1045832, who died while serving with the 15th Toronto (48th Highlanders) Battalion C.E.F.
Private A.B. Aitken
1918. The Christmas Echo: Honour Roll Number. LLSC.
Aitken Family Grave, London, ON 2017 Photograph by Grace Evers.
Aitken Family Grave, London, ON
Photographed by Grace Evers, 2017.
CEF no. 1045832
Born in London, ON, Aitken was working as a labourer when he joined the 241st Canadian Infantry Battalion, the Canadian Scottish Borderers, on 23 March 1917, just before his eighteenth birthday. Aitken attested that he had previously served a year in the 7th Fusiliers Regiment. His father, John Aitken, was the fire chief of the London Fire Department. Private Aitken's brother, Corporal Herman Aitken, had been killed in action in May 1917. As an under-aged soldier, Pte. Aitken was attached to the Young Soldiers Battalion at Bexhill until he was old enough to serve in combat. Pte. Aitken finally arrived in France on 20 August 1918 as part of the 15th Btn and entered the frontlines on 7 September. He was killed in action on 27 September 1918, at the age of nineteen.
Private, Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment). Age: 22
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