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Private W JOHNSTON

Service Number: 8166
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Irish Fusiliers

D Coy. 1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 11 December 1915

Age 31 years old

Buried or commemorated at

FORCEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY AND EXTENSION

Plot 1. Row C. Grave 13.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of the late Alexander and Sarah Johnston, of Ballymena, Co. Antrim, Ireland.
  • Personal Inscription BORN NOVEMBER 1884. DEEPLY REGRETTED BY HIS LOVING BROTHER.
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Buried or commemorated at

FORCEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY AND EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 311
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