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Private John Johnston

 

Johnston

 

Private John Johnston, V Corps Cyclist (North Irish Horse) Regiment, Service No. 71507 (Corps of Hussars). Formerly North Irish Horse, Service No. 1698. Born Killesher, County Fermanagh. Enlisted Inniskilling. Residence Fermanagh. Son of John Henry and Rebecca Johnston of Croughrim, Florence Court, Enniskillen. Arrived in France on 22 September 1915. Died in France on 12 November 1918, aged 21. Buried at Caudry British Cemetery, Nord, France, grave I.C.19. The gravestone inscription reads:

71507 LANCE CPL.

J. JOHNSTON

NORTH IRISH HORSE

12TH NOVEMBER 1918 AGE 21

 

Image kindly provided by Steve Rogers, Project Coordinator of the The War Graves Photographic Project, www.twgpp.org.

Note: Johnston is incorrectly shown on Soldiers Died list as formerly Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (No.15255), and on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission list as 9th Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers.