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Rifleman Alexander Johnston MM

 

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Rifleman Alexander Johnston MM, 1st Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles, Service No. 40880. Formerly North Irish Horse, Service No. 2131. Killed in action on 16 August 1917 during the assault on Langemarck, part of the Third Battle of Ypres (Passchendaele). Johnston was awarded the Military Medal for gallantry in action. No known grave. Commemorated at Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlanderen, Belgium, Panel 139.

 

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Images kindly provided by Steve Rogers, Project Co-ordinator of the The War Graves Photographic Project, www.twgpp.org.