Aitken, James Douglas, 1895-1955
- GB-2014-WSA-02002
- Person
- 1895-1955
Aitken, James Douglas, son of James Aitken, M.B., of Ilford, Essex, by Isabella Muir, daughter of David Gilmour, of Glasgow; b. Aug. 10, 1895; adm. Sept. 22, 1910 (H); left July 1913; 1st class diploma Royal School of Mines 1922; member of the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy and of the Indian Institute of Mining Engineers; representative in Hyderabad of John Taylor and Sons and Superintendent of the Nizam's gold mines 1937-55; served in Gallipoli in Great War I; 2nd Lieut. 14th Batt. Middlesex Regt. Nov. 27, 1914; Lieut. Machine Gun Corps July 6, 1916; Capt. March 5, 1918; wounded in Gallipoli; m. March 5, 1927, Marjorie, daughter of Octavius Edward Lambert, of Lewisham; d. Oct. 28, 1955