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Pte. Peter James Johnston
British Army 11th Btn. East Lancashire Regiment
(d.8th Nov 1918)
Peter Johnston served with the 11th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment during WW1 and died on the 8th November 1918. He is buried in Vichte Military Cemetery, Belgium.
Pte. Reginald Johnston
British Army 89th Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps
from:Aberdeen
(d.8th Sep 1915)
Reginald Johnston was purported to have been born in Leeds about 1896. His father (Peter Nisbet Johnston, from Haddington, Scotland) retired as a sergeant in the 17th Lancers and served in Ireland where he married Annie Cousins from South Creek, Norfolk on the 2md of Nov 1897 in Ballincollig, Ireland.
Gnr. Robert Johnston
British Army 1st Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
(d.19th May 1915)
Gunner Robert Johnston served with the 1st Seige Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. He died of wounds, on 19th May 1915 and is buried in the Longuenesse (St. Omer) Souvenir Cemetery in France.
Pte. William Johnston
British Army 6th Battalion Black Watch
from:Upper Kebbaty, Midmar, Aberdeenshire
William Johnston. At the beginning of the First World War in 1914 when he was 18 years of age he volunteered for duty. He was at first assigned to the 13th Battalion of the Scottish Horse but then re-assigned to the 6th (Perthshire) Battalion of the Black Watch as 268693 Private William Johnston/Rifleman.
My Father seldom spoke of what he saw or of what he did, however my research has shown that one conflict he took part in was at the Battle of The Ancre (Beaumont Hamel), 13th-14th November in 1916. On the 29th October 1918 the 6th Battalion was withdrawn from the front line and at the time of the Armistice was located in the Cambrai area. At 10.15am on the 10th of December 1918 William Johnston crossed the Belgium frontier into Germany as part of the Army of Occupation. He had scribbled this fact down on a page of a tiny German diary which he had acquired and which he kept in his cigarette case. This case had been quite intricately engraved by a fellow soldier using only a needle and a piece of leather. It was about this time, as he passed through Belgium, that he joined the church, his Army Chaplain wrote to his Minister at Midmar to let him know of this.
It's not known for how long Dad remained in Germany but then, according to Army Form Z.11 (found in small cardboard box containing his medals), on the 29th August 1919 at the Dispersal Unit at Kinross he was demobbed from the Army and returned to the family home now at Upper Kebbaty in Midmar in Aberdeenshire.
When he left for the War in 1914 he was told his job would be waiting for him when he returned, needless to say and in common with thousands and thousands of other returning young soldiers, this was not the case. So in order to complete his grocers apprenticeship he had to find another position in another shop to allow him to do so. He got a reference from his last employers, the Northern Co-operative Society, and then found such a position with Mr Brown who had a General Merchants business in the village of Pitmedden in Udny, here he became known as "Broon's loon"! This proved to be the most fortuitous of moves because whilst there he met and courted the miller of Udny's daughter, Lizzie Gibson, whom he married on the 24th December 1924.
The only wartime possessions he had, and left, were, his Bible which he carried throughout the War; a metal cigarette case which is mentioned above; and his two medals. My Father died on 2/2/1988.
Mjt. William Henry Johnston VC MID.
British Army Royal Engineers
from:London
(d.8th Jun 1915)
William Johnston served with the Royal Engineers as Brigade Major in 15th Infantry Brigade, 5th Division during WW1 and died on the 8th June 1915, Age: 34. He is buried in the Perth Cemetery (China Wall) in Belgium . He was the son of Mary Johnston, of 36, Cathcart Rd., South Kensington, London, and the late Maj. William Johnston.
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 the advanced Brigade to maintain its position across the river.
L/Cpl. William Johnston
British Army 2nd Btn. Royal Sussex Regiment
(d.5th November 1918)
William Johnston was born 27th November 1892 in Dryloch, Ruthven, Forfarshire, Scotland. First born son and fifth child of William Johnston, a ploughman or cattleman, and Mary Mathers Cruickshanks. William had four older sisters, two younger sisters and two younger brothers.
Pte. William Johnston
British Army 8th Battalion Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
from:Irongray, Dumfriesshire
(d.1st October 1916)
Pte. Barclay Johnstone
British Army 9th Btn. Gordon Highlanders
from:76 Stevenson St, Glasgow
(d.21st Mar 1918)
Rflmn. George Elder Johnstone
British Army 12th Battalion Rifle Brigade
from:Dunfermline
(d.28th Sep 1917)
George Johnstone was my maternal Great Grandfather.
Pte. James A.H. Johnstone
British Army 5th Btn. Cameronians
from:Gretna Green
James Johnstone was captured at High Wood on the Somme in 1916, having been injured during the battle to take High Wood. He and other prisoners were force marched to Germany and remained there until the end of the war.
Pte. John Alexander Johnstone
British Army 7/8th Btn. Royal Irish Fusiliers
from:Ballymore, Dunfanaghy, Co. Donegal.
(d.5th March 1918)
Private Johnstone was the son of Parland Johnstone, of Ballymore, Dunfanaghy, Co. Donegal.
He was 32 when he died and is buried Near South-East corner of the Church in the Clondahorky Church of Ireland Churchyard, Co. Donegal, Ireland.
Ac2 Robert Johnstone
Royal Air Force
(d.12th November 1918)
Robert Johnstone is buried west of the main path in the Delgany (Christ Church) Church of Ireland Churchyard, Co. Wicklow, Ireland.
Pte. Thomas Crichton Johnstone
British Army
from:Leslie, Fife
I know my grandfather Thomas Johnstone served in the First World War, as I have received information from the Tullis Russell archives, he was injured in 1917 with shrapnel to the back, and then in 1918 with a gunshot to the shoulder, I have tried to get his regimental number and other details of his service with no avail, I am wondering if his records were destroyed during the blitz. I am interested in any information about his war exploits.
Pte. William Johnstone
British Army 6th Battalion Cameron Highlanders
from:Inverness
(d.15th Sep 1918)
William Johnstone was killed at Loos in France on the 15th September 1918.
Cpl Arthur George Johnys
British Army 4th Battalion Middlesex Regiment
(d.18th December 1914)
A/Cpl. Arthur G. Johnys
British Army 4th Btn. Middlesex Regiment
(d.18th December 1914)
Arthur Johnys earned the 1914 Star British War and the Victory Medal.
L/Cpl. Edward Turnbull Joice
British Army 1/6th Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Newcastle-on-Tyne
(d.2nd Oct 1916)
Edward Joice died of woulds on 2nd Oct 1916 and is buried in Becourt Military Cemetery, Becordel-Becourt.
Pte. Frederick Joicey
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Pte. J. P.S. Joicey
British Army
from:Jarrow
J.P.S. Joicey, Private is commemorated on the Palmer Cenotaph (north face) Jarrow and on the Triptych in St. Paul's Church Jarrow. Can anyone help with more information?
Pte. Thomas Joicey
British Army 8th Battalion King's Regiment (Liverpool)
from:Jarrow
(d.31st July 1917)
Thomas Joicey served with 8th Battalion King's Regiment (Liverpool) and had formerly served in the Yorkshire Regiment. He was aged 22 when he died on 31st July 1917. He was born in Dunston, Gateshead in 1895, son of George and Phillis Joicey (nee Hopper). He lived and and enlisted in Jarrow. On the 1911 census he is recorded as Thomas Joicey age 15 Steel Worker at Steel Works is with his parents John and Elizabeth Bond and family at 53 Walter Street, Jarrow.
Thomas is remembered on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial and is commemorated on the Triptych in St. Paul's Church Jarrow.
Pte. Charles Henry Joiner
British Army 12th Btn. Gloucestershire Regiment
from:Soudley, Glos
(d.14th Apr 1917)
Charles Joiner was killed at the battle of Vimy Ridge in 1917. Aged 45yrs In his civilian life he was married with seven children and was a coal miner in the Forest of Dean.
Cpl. Thomas Samuel Carlise Joiner
British Army 8th Btn. Oxfordford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
from:Solihull
(d.24th September 1918)
Thomas Joiner was born in Solihul on the 10th of August 1891. He served with the 8th Battalion, Oxford and Buckinghamshire Regiment in WW1. No service records survive, but he went to France 18th of September 1915. He died at the 79th General Hospital on 24th of May 1918 aged 26 years and is buried in Taranto Town Cemetery Extension in Italy. Son of Thomas and Mary Joiner of 7 Grove Avenue, Solihull, Warwickshire.
Cpl. Thomas Joinson
British Army Cheshire Regiment
from:Chester
Gnr. Frederick Jolley
British Army 239th Siege Bty Royal Garrison Artillery
from:Wigan, Lancashire
(d.3rd Aug 1918)
My great uncle, Frederick Jolley was born in 1890 in Wigan, Lancashire. As I can only find a medal card I assume his service records where in those that have been lost. He served as a Gunner with the 239th Siege Bty, RGA. He was killed on Monday August 3rd 1918 and is buried in Faubourg d'Amiens Cemetery, Arras. This is all I know about his time in the service any information about the 239th Siege Bty or Fred himself would be fantastic.
Pte. William Henry Jolley
British Army 13th Battalion Essex Regiment
from:Essex
(d.28th April 1917)
William Jolley served with 13th Battalion, Essex Regiment.
Jolly
Army 9th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
RSM. Edward Mason Jolly
British Army 11th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
(d.18th March 1915)
Edward Jolly died in St Omer Hospital.
Sgt. Herbert Jolly
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
from:31 Union Street, Darlington
Herbert is listed as “Jolly, Herbert 31 Union Street. Sergt 1520 18th DLI†in the Roll of Honour held in Darlington Library, believed to have been complied by the Town Council in the 1920s.
Pte. John Jolly
British Army 2nd Btn. Royal Sussex Regiment
from:Chorley, Lancashire
(d.31st Dec 1915)
Jack Jolly was my uncle, my father's eldest brother. There is a family history of him being a crackshot sniper. John is buried in Chocques Military Cemetry, Bethune in France.
Pte. John Sydney Christmas Jolly
British Army 9th Battalion Norfolk Regiment
from:Needham, Norfolk
(d.26 Sep 1916)
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