George Johnston & Mary Steel

 Andrew Johnston
Andrew was born in 1895 in Kirkliston.¹ 

• Birth Notes
  • 5 yrs old in 1901 census, so born between 31-Mar-1895 and 31-Mar-1896, in Kirkliston
    
    
    JOHNSTON    
    ANDREW    
    M    
    1895    
    667/ 92    
    Kirkliston

• Death Notes
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 George Johnston
George was born in 1897 in Linlithgow.¹ 

• Birth Notes
  • 3 yrs old in 1901 census, so born between 31-Mar-1897 and 31-Mar-1898, in Linlithgow

He died as a war casualty, Killed in action on the Western Front, at the age of 21 on February 1st, 1918 in France.  He was buried in France.^3 4 

• Death Notes
  • Killed in WW1 in 1918, soldier of the 10th Royal Scots, like father. On Roll of Honour at Edinburgh Castle he is listed as being from Edinburgh, where he was living..
    
    Perhaps 1-feb-1918 - see http://www.snwm.org/
    
    
    JOHNSTON
    Initials:     G
    Nationality:     United Kingdom
    Rank:     Private
    Regiment:     Royal Scots
    Unit Text:     2nd Bn.
    Date of Death:     01/02/1918
    Service No:     32023
    Additional information:     Husband of C. Johnston, of 12, West Buchanan St., Edinburgh.
    Casualty Type:     Commonwealth War Dead
    Grave/Memorial Reference:     II. A. 4.
    Cemetery:     BOYELLES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION    
    
    Name:      George JOHNSTON
        
    Regiment, Corps etc.:     Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment)
    Battalion etc.:     2nd Battalion.
    Plymouth: 8th Bde. 3rd Div. 14.8.14 landed at Boulogne.11.11.18 8th Bde. 3rd Div. France; near Solesmes.
    Last name:     Johnston
    First name(s):     George
    Initials:     G
    Birthplace:     Edinburgh
    Enlisted:     Edinburgh
    Residence:     
    Rank:     PRIVATE
    Number:     32023
    Date died:     1 February 1918
    How died:     Killed in action
    Theatre of war:     France & Flanders
    Supplementary Notes:     FORMERLY 19568, K.O. SCO. BORD.
    Soldiers Died in the Great War database  © Naval and Military Press Ltd 2006.
    
    
    
    https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/307007/G%20JOHNSTON/
    Name and Rank
    Private G JOHNSTON
    Service Number: 32023
    Regiment & Unit/Ship
    
    Royal Scots
    
    2nd Bn.
    Date of Death
    
    Died 01 February 1918
    Buried or commemorated at
    
    BOYELLES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
    
    II. A. 4.
    
    France
    
        Country of Service United Kingdom
        Additional Info Husband of C. Johnston, of 12, West Buchanan St., Edinburgh.

 James (Jimmy) Steel Johnston
James, known as Jimmy, was born in 1900 in Linlithgow.¹ 

• Birth Notes
  • 8 months old in 1901 census, so born around Aug. 1900, in Linlithgow
    
    
    JOHNSTON    
    JAMES STEEL    
    M    
    1900    
    668/ 163    
    Linlithgow

He died at the age of 71 in 1971 in Kirkliston.³ 

• Death Notes
  • Jimmy died ca. 1970. See under father.
    
    
    JOHNSTON    
    JAMES STEEL    
    70        
    1971    
    667/ 9    
    Kirkliston