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Updates for Corporal Herbert Curry Johnston
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20/06/2021 Corporal Herbert Curry Johnston and his brother John are also remembered on their parents’ headstone at First Lurgan Presbyterian Church. Photo courtesy of Martin White
20/06/2021
19/06/2021 The CWGC record Corporal Herbert Curry Johnston as the son of David Johnston, J.P., of Grace Hall, Lurgan, County Armagh.
19/06/2021
19/06/2021 Corporal Herbert Curry Johnston is commemorated on Lurgan War Memorial.
19/06/2021 Known family: David Johnston, Martha Johnston (2nd wife), John Ernest Johnston (born 18th April 1888), David Percy Johnston (born 23rd January 1890), Walter Irwin Johnston (born 23rd March 1891), Anna Millie Johnston (born 5th October 1893), Herbert Curry Johnston (born 9th June 1895), Winifred Margaret Johnston (born 16th January 1897).
19/06/2021 His father had remarried about 1901 to Martha Johnston.
19/06/2021 Herbert Curry Johnston was the youngest son of David Johnston J.P.
19/06/2021 Herbert was born on 9th June 1895. He was one of six children, all born in the Clogher area.
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03/03/2017 Sergeant Herbert Curry Johnston, Royal Irish Fusiliers, youngest son of Mr David Johnston, J.P., Grace Hall, Lurgan, is missing. An elder brother, Lieutenant John Ernest Johnston, South Staffordshire Regiment, has been killed, and another brother, Corporal David P Johnston, is serving with the Royal Engineers.
03/03/2017
03/03/2017 From the Belfast Newsletter dated 23rd August 1917:
10/11/2016 Mr Herbert Johnston, youngest son of Mr David Johnston, J.P., Grace Hall, has joined the cadet corps of the 10th Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers at Brownlow House, Lurgan. Two brothers, the eldest of whom came from Australia to enlist, are serving as lieutenants.
10/11/2016
10/11/2016 From the Belfast Newsletter dated 17th November 1915:
30/12/2015
30/12/2015
30/12/2015 Corporal Herbert Curry Johnston has no known grave and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial in Belgium.
30/12/2015 Corporal Herbert Curry Johnston was killed in action at the Battle of Langemark on 16th August 1917.
30/12/2015 Herbert Curry transferred to the 9th Battalion of the Royal Irish Fusiliers.
30/12/2015 In November 1915 Herbert joined the Cadet Corps of the 10th Royal Irish Fusiliers based at Brownlow House. The previous occupants, the 16th RIR had landed a month before in France with the 36th (Ulster) Division.
30/12/2015 A second brother, David Percy Johnston, served with the Royal Engineers and gained a commission as a Lieutenant in the Royal Field Artillery.
30/12/2015 Herbert's brother, Lieutenant Ernest Johnston, served with the South Staffordshire Regiment and was killed on the Somme on 10th July 1916.
30/12/2015 The family lived at Grace Hall in Lurgan.
30/12/2015 The 1911 census records Herbert as 16 years old. He is still at school. The family still lived in Tullyanaghan, Magheralin, County Down. His father had remarried about 1901 to Martha. David Johnston is described as a Horse Dealer and Farmer.
30/12/2015 The 1901 census records the family as living in Tullyanaghan, Magheralin, County Down. Herbert was 6 years old. His mother had died. David Johnston is described as a Horse Dealer and Farmer.
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