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Obituary. 
General W. D. Aitken, Colonel-Commandant, died at Brighton on 18th 
November, 1897. He joined the Bombay Artillery as 2nd Lieutenant, 11th 
June, 1840; became Lieutenant, 27th June, 1842; Captain, 25th June, 1852 ; 
Brevet Major, 20th July, 1858 ; Lieut.-Colonel, 18th February, 1861; Colonel, 
3rd August, 1865 ; Major-General, 28th October, 1868 ; Lieut.-General, 1st 
October, 1877 ; General, 31st March, 1883, and Colonel-Commandant, 27th 
November, 1885'. General Aitken served in the Persian Expedition, 1856-7, 
and was present at the bombardment of Mohumrah (despatches, medal with clasp); 
Indian Mutiny, 1857-8, campaign in Rajpootana and Central India, actions at 
Rewah, sieges of Awah and Kotah, and subsequent operations (despatches, medal 
with clasp, Brevet of Major). 
Captain F. R. McC. de Butts, who was killed in action at the Sampagha Pass, 
N.W. Frontier, on 29th October, 1897, was commissioned as Lieutenant, 25th 
July, 1882, and became Captain,: 20th June, 1891. Captain de Butts served in 
the Burmese Expedition, 1886-7 (medal with clasp). 
