Johnston, William Henry

Order Photo Back to list

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

Perth Cemetery (China Wall) - Johnston, William Henry

Photo Request Form

To order a copy of the photo please fill in the form below.

Your Name Type of photo / image required Hard Copy Digital Both Postal Address for hard copies Your Email Address Notes Donation PayPal / Credit Card Pay by Cheque

You can pay by card even if you don't have a Paypal account.
For more information see our step by step guide.

Eg. £4 for emailed, £6 for hard copies. For overseas postage outside UK please add £1.

You do not need a PayPal account to use this facility, PayPal accept all major Credit Cards.

All postal donations should be made payable to 'S. Rogers' and sent to 128 White Dirt Lane, Catherington, WATERLOOVILLE, Hants PO8 0TW

Copyright remains with the TWGPP/Donor. Those wishing to use photographs for publishing purposes should contact TWGPP for appropriate permissions.