Name
Albert Reginald Knight Aitkens
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
31/05/1915
30
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Second Lieutenant
London Regiment *1
7th (City of London) Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
WIMEREUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY
III. P. 1.
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Haileybury College Cloister Wall Memorial, Hertford Heath, Hoddesdon Town Memorial St Catherine & St Pauls Church Hoddesdon
Pre War
Born on 12 Feb 1885 in Honor Oak, London SE son of Albert John and Ada Louise (Knight) Aitkens.
Educated at Haileybury College 1899-1901 and became a stockbroker. He married Phyllis Kinder on 30 Nov 1912 in St Peters, Cranley Gardens, London and had a son. They lived in Great Amwell.
Wartime Service
Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant on 14 Oct 1914, entered France on 18 Mar 1915 and died in Wimereux Hospital of wounds received in action.
Additional Information
Brother of 2nd Lieutenant Cyril Arthur Charles Aitkens who was killed on 10 Jul 1916 at Mametz Wood, France.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox, Karen Smith - Acting Director of External Relations www.haileybury.com/honour
