1st Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (British Army)
Died:
27/01/1917 (Killed in Action)
Age:
27
Summary
William Henry Johnstone was the son of William and Susan Henry Johnstone. William was born in Fivemiletown, Co. Tyrone about 1890. William enlisted in Glasgow. Private William Johnstone was serving with the 1st Battalion of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers when he was killed in action on 27 January 1917. He was 27 years old. The CWGC also record Private W H Johnstone as the husband of Margaret Brown Campbell Johnstone, of 29, Grace St., Anderston, Glasgow.
The Thiepval Memorial will be found on the D73, next to the village of Thiepval, off the main Bapaume to Albert road (D929). Each year a major ceremony is held at the memorial on 1 July.