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Private WILLIAM JOHNSTON

Service Number: 12993
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Scots

12th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 18 July 1916

Buried or commemorated at

CORBIE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

Plot 1. Row D. Grave 50.

France

Headstone

Photographer: Bill Caudwell

Amended HS installation - Nairobi WC - ORD-0014248

Photographer: Gideon Barasa

Headstone photos taken in Nairobi cemeteries shared by Bill Caudwell - cropped and re-saved versions suitable for being media-cleared for website display

Photographer: Bill Caudwell

  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. Irvine Johnston, of Paisley.
  • Personal Inscription GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
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Buried or commemorated at

CORBIE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 916
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