Regiment: Liverpool Regt.
Died: 16 August 1917 aged 33 in Belgium. Killed in action near Ypres.
Battle: Third Battle of Ypres (Passchendaele). Cemetery: Tyne Cot Memorial P31/34, 162. 162A. 163A
Born December 3rd 1884. Son of S. L. Johnston, Meldreth, Cambs.
Army III—Modern I. House Prefect; House XI Cricket; XL Football.
In business (Gatebeck Gunpowder Works).
Great War, 2nd Lieutenant 12th Bn King's Liverpool Regt. 1914, Lieutenant.
'The youngest of a quartette of brothers, he was a fine type of boyhood. He received a Commission in the Liverpool Regt., and saw a good deal of service until he was killed in action in September of this year.' (Malvernian, Nov 1917).
Husband of Lilian Aimee Johnston, of Woodside, Ings, Kendal, Westmorland.
Service record:WO 339/16383