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Major JOHN LAMPERT AITKEN

Service Number: 179596
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Armoured Corps

3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters)

Date of Death

Died 20 September 1944

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LEOPOLDSBURG WAR CEMETERY

V. B. 5.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Cross
  • Additional Info Son of Charles and Edith Annie Aitken, of Totteridge Common, Hertfordshire. Chartered Accountant.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
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Buried or commemorated at

LEOPOLDSBURG WAR CEMETERY
Limburg (Belgium) Belgium
Number of casualties: 800
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