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Gunner WILLIAM RITCHIE AIKEN

Service Number: 182947
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Garrison Artillery

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Date of Death

Died 31 December 1917

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ALEXANDRIA (HADRA) WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY

A. 134.

Egypt

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  • Secondary Unit, Regiment (E.E.F.).
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Aiken and Jane Ritchie Aiken, of Airdrie, Lanarkshire.
  • Personal Inscription TO LIVE IN HEARTS WE LEAVE BEHIND IS NOT TO DIE
FOR EVERMORE: STORIES OF THE FALLEN
FOR EVERMORE: STORIES OF THE FALLEN

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Buried or commemorated at

ALEXANDRIA (HADRA) WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 3066
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