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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.