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Lieut-Commander (E) ALEXANDER CHARLES LYONS AIKEN

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Naval Reserve

H.M.S. Glenearn

Date of Death

Died 10 April 1945

Age 49 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LAE WAR CEMETERY

FF. A. 3.

Papua New Guinea

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Member of the Order of the British Empire
  • Additional Info Son of Charles Lyons Aiken and Elizabeth Aiken; husband of Jessie Aiken (nee Steel), of Giffnock, Renfrewshire, Scotland.
  • Personal Inscription "QUIT YOU LIKE MEN, BE STRONG"
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Buried or commemorated at

LAE WAR CEMETERY
Papua New Guinea
Number of casualties: 2819
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