Dictionary of Indian Biography/Aitken, William
AITKEN, WILLIAM (1846–)
Son of James Aitken, of Falkirk, N.B., educated at Edinburgh Academy and Heidelberg : entered the Royal Artillery, 1867, Captain in 1878 : in Afghan war, 1878–80 : in the Mahsud Waziri expedition, 1881 : Major, 1884 : served in the Burma expedition, 1885–87 : Brevet Lt-Colonel : in the Chitral Relief Force, 1895 : C.B. : Brevet Colonel, 1897 : served with the Malakand Field Force, and in the Mohmand and Buner expeditions, 1897–8 : commanded the Mountain Artillery, Rawul Pindi, Panjab, till 1899 : A.D.C. to his Majesty : and Colonel on the Staff, commanding R.A., Scottish District since 1899.