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10 July 1916 : 2/Lt. Cyril Arthur Charles Aitkens

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Son of Albert John Aitkens, of Paddock Wood, Kent and Ada Louise (née Knight, daughter of the Lord Mayor of London). Educated Eversley School, Southwold and Eastbourne College Cyril was articled to the N.E.Marine Engineering Works for 5 years, volunteered on the outbreak of war, when he obtained his first appointment in the Tyne Electrical En…


The Flying Sikh The Story of a WW1 Fighter Pilot – Flying Officer Hardit Singh Malik by Stephen Barker

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Pen & Sword, 2022 £25.00hb, 224pp, including b&w images ISBN: 9781399083294.  Flying Ace, first–class cricketer, golfer, civil servant, diplomat. Hardit Singh Malik was a man of many talents who lived an extraordinarily eventful and interesting life filled with adventure and camaraderie, nicely captured by Stephen Barker. Not unusually …