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Military Information

  • Date of enlistment:
  • Place of enlistment: Dundee
  • Service no: 764705
  • Rank: Private
  • Service Occupation:
  • Awards:
  • Regiment/Service: London Regiment (Artist Rifles)
  • Unit/Ship: 1st/28th Battalion
  • Place of Death: Belgium
  • Age at Death:
  • Date of Death: 30.10.1917
  • Burial Country: Belgium
  • Cemetery: Tyne Cot Memorial
  • Grave/Mem Ref no: Panel 153

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth:
  • Place of Birth: Dundee
  • Address: 16 Lawside Rd, Dundee
  • Occupation: Grocer, 119 Hilltown, Dundee
  • Mother:
  • Father:

    William Johnston

  • Siblings:
  • Spouse:
  • Children:

More about William Johnston

William has no known grave but is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial.

William Johnston   764705   Artists’ Rifles

Killed.

Private William Johnston (26), Artists’ Rifles, son of Mr William Johnston, grocer, Hawkhill, Dundee.  Formerly a grocer at 119 Hilltown, Dundee.

Dundee Courier 10th November 1917

Additional information kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell

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