William Aitchison
Rank: Private
Service No: 131590 (SNWM 131690)
Place of Birth: Barony
Date of Death: 24/10/1918
Theatre of Death: F&F
Regiment/Service: Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) (61st Bn.)
Cemetery: Canonne Farm British Cemetery, Sommaing.
Additional information: Son of Mr. William and Mrs. Annie Aitchison, 5 Parkhill Drive, Rutherglen.
Rutherglen Lore information: Son of Mr. and Mrs. Aitchison, 5 Parkhill Drive, Rutherglen.
Soldier’s Effects information: Father William Aitchison
Ancestry information: Born 19/2/1899 at 48 Springfield Road, Glasgow.
1901 census information:
Address: 48 Springfield Road, Bridgeton.
Father: William (35) weaving tenter, born about 1866 in Cambuslang.
Mother: Annie (41) born about 1860 Lesmahagow.
Sister: Isabella (10) born about 1891 in Glasgow.
Sister: Annie (4) born about 1897 in Glasgow.
Self: William (2) born about 1899 in Glasgow.
1911 census information:
The family are living in Rutherglen. The family comprises William 45, Annie 52, Isabella Brown 20, Annie Weir 14, William 12, Margaret Muir 9 and James 7.
Also commemorated on the memorial at Stonelaw High School, Rutherglen.