Place of birth: Airdrie, Scotland
Year of birth: 8th December 1894
Political organisation: CP & AEU
Date of arrival: 26th December 1936
Date of departure: 31st August 1937
Date of death: Oct 1979 - Haringey, London, England
Comments: Addresses given as; 41, Midholme, & c/o 16, Kings Street, both London. Battalion then 15IB Political Commissar. 'The nearest thing to a good political commissar that I saw was George Aitken.' Jason Gurney, p. 62. Repatriated following arguments with Walter Tapsell and Bert Williams after Brunete.
1939 living in Lyttleton Road, Finchley, London.
Source: IBA Box C File 2/1, & Box D-7 File A/2, RGASPI 545/6/91/74 & 545/6/100/58-63. NA KV5/117/DSFC2265-66.
https://spartacus-educational.com/SPaitkinG.htm
https://grahamstevenson.me.uk/2009/03/08/george-aitken-sp-1533623727/
