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Private WILLIAM AITKEN

Service Number: 49874
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Scots

12th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 24 March 1918

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

COMBLES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

II. D. 39.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Elizabeth Aitken, of 511, Duke St., Dennistoun, Glasgow.
  • Personal Inscription O LOVE THAT WILT NOT LET ME GO I REST MY WEARY SOUL IN THEE
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Buried or commemorated at

COMBLES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1510
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