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[[Category:Roll of Honour]] |
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[[Category:Other ranks]] |
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[[Category:Millencourt Communal Cemetery Extension]] |
[[Category:Millencourt Communal Cemetery Extension]] |
Latest revision as of 13:29, 25 December 2023
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Full Name | Gilbert Aikens |
Rank (highest) | Private |
Service Number | 16310 |
Company | D Company |
Battalion | 11th Battalion (Lonsdale) |
Regiment | Border Regiment |
Enlisted / Commissioned | Maryport / Cumberland |
Born | Netherhall / Cumberland |
Nationality | English |
Parents | Mr A. and Mrs N. Aikens 100 Ellenborough, Maryport |
Residence(s) | Ellenborough / Cumberland |
Casualty Type | Commonwealth War Dead |
Died | 9 March 1916 |
Age | 18 |
Cause of Death | Died of wounds |
Burial Type | Grave with headstone and additional family inscription: DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE REMEMBERED BY FATHER,MOTHER SISTERS, BROTHERS |
Reference Number | B.70. |
Resting Place | Millencourt Communal Cemetery Extension Commemorated in perpetuity by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission |
Coordinates | Latitude: 50.0029 / Longitude: 2.58196 |
Commemorative Scroll | Yes / click here |
Biography
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