Cemetery: Perth Cemetery (China Wall)
Country: Belgium
Area: Ieperwest-Vlaanderen
Rank: Major
Force: Army
Official Number:
Unit: Royal Engineers Brigade Major 15th Infantry Brigade.
Country of Service: British
Details: V C Mentioned in Despatches. Killed in action near Ypres 8th June 1915. Age 34. Son of Mary Johnston of 36 Cathcart Rd. South Kensington London and the late Maj. William Johnston. III. C. 12. An extract from the Supplement to "The London Gazette " No. 28985 of 25th Nov. 1914 records the following:- "At Missy on 14th Sept. under a heavy fire all day until 7 p.m. worked with his own hand two rafts bringing back wounded and returning with ammunition; thus enabling advanced Brigade to maintain its position across the river."
Photograph by Op Tribute2 / David Milborrow