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Military service
Age:
19
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Field Artillery
Division:
27th Battery, 7th Brigade
Birth:
July 9, 1896
Edmonton, Alberta
Enlistment:
July 22, 1915
Valcartier, Québec
Death:
April 19, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
J. 3.
Additional information
Son of Peter and Maude Aylen, of Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta.
Brother of Gunner Gerald Henry Aylen of the Canadian Field Artillery, who died on August 24, 1918.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant Cyril Keith Aylen
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Photo of Cyril Keith Aylen
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Grave Marker
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Dickebushe Cemetery's Entrance
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Plaque
Lieutenant Cyril Keith Aylen was an alumni of the Royal Military College of Canada 1915 #1095. He served with the Canadian Field Artillery, 27th Battery, 7th Brigade. He died on Apr 19, 1916. His name is listed on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada. -
Memorial Arch
Lieutenant Cyril Keith Aylen was the son of Peter and Maude Aylen, of Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta. He was the brother of Gunner Gerald Henry Aylen of the Canadian Field Artillery, who died on August 24, 1918. He was Cadet # 1095 of the class of 1915 at the Royal Military College of Canada. He served with the Canadian Field Artillery, 27th Battery, 7th Brigade. He died on Apr 19, 1916. He was buried in the Dickebusch New Military Cemetery, Ieper West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. As an ex-cadet, he is named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada. -
Stained Glass Window
Lieutenant Cyril Keith Aylen was cadet 1095 in the class of 1915 at the Royal Military College of Canada. On their 50th anniversary, the class of 1915 at the Royal Military College of Canada have placed this memorial stained glass window to honour their fallen comrades. -
Memorial
Pro Deo Et Patria Erected by the Royal Military College Club of Canada Anno Domini 1923. Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada. 1095 Lieutenant Cyril Keith Aylen (RMC 1915) was the son of Peter and Maude Aylen, of Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta. He was the brother of Gunner Gerald Henry Aylen of the Canadian Field Artillery, who died on August 24, 1918. He served with the Canadian Field Artillery, 27th Battery, 7th Brigade. He died on Apr 19, 1916. He was buried in the Dickebusch New Military Cemetery, Ieper West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. -
Memorial Doll
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. -
Memorial
Memorial stair, Royal Military College, Kingston -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Newspaper clipping
From a World War 1 issue of the Edmonton Journal c.1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Cyril Keith Aylen
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Cyril Keith Aylen
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Cyril Keith Aylen
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Cyril Keith Aylen
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Cyril Keith Aylen
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Cyril Keith Aylen
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Cyril Keith Aylen
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Cyril Keith Aylen
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Cyril Keith Aylen
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 49 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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