Service Details
Name:
 JOHNSTON
Given Name:
 HUGH BERTIE HENRIQUES
Initials:
 H B H
Rank:
 Major
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Regiment:
 Royal Garrison Artillery
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Unit:
 21st Heavy Bty.
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Date of Death:
 1916-10-27
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Date of Birth:
 1876-11-10
Age:
 39
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds
Decorations:
 D S O, Mentioned in Despatches
Citations:
 DSO LG Sup 29 July 1921 pg. 6010 - "For distinguished service in connection with military operations in France and Flanders"; MID LG Sup 4 January 1917 pg. 212
Additional
Information:
Son of Lt. Col. James Taylor Johnston, of Cheltenham. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Somme
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Cemetery:
 FLATIRON COPSE CEMETERY, MAMETZ
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Grave Reference:
 II. H. 4.

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