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Private James Frazer Johnston

 

Johnston JF

 

Private James Frazer Johnston, (9th (North Irish Horse) Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers, Service No. 41126. Formerly 6th Inniskilling Dragoons (Service Squadron) and 2nd Regiment North Irish Horse, Service No. UD/229. Son of Joseph and Mary T. Johnston of Blacklion, County Cavan. Enlisted Enniskillen. Residence Blacklion. Died of wounds on 25 March 1918, aged 20. Buried in Roye New British Cemetery, Somme, France, grave IV.B.3. The gravestone inscription reads:

41126 PRIVATE

J. F. JOHNSTON

ROYAL IRISH FUSILIERS

AND INNISKILLING DRAGOONS

25TH MARCH 1918 AGE 20

WHETHER WE LIVE OR DIE

WE ARE THE LORD

ROMANS CHAP. 14 VERSE 8

 

Image kindly provided by Mick McCann, through his British War Graves website www.britishwargraves.co.uk.