Name
Paul Headley Johnston
2 Nov 1897
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
11/06/1918
20
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Lieutenant
Royal Field Artillery
74th Bde.
'C' Battery
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
BAC-DU-SUD BRITISH CEMETERY, BAILLEULVAL
I. E. 31.
France
Headstone Inscription
No Report
UK & Other Memorials
Aldenham School Memorial, Aldenham
Pre War
Paul Headley Johnston was born in 1897 in Nottingham, he was the son of James Hunter Johnston a medical practitioner and the late Mabel Ethel Johnston née Headley. He had a younger sister, Ethel Katherine Headley b 1901.
Wartime Service
Lieutenant Paul Headley Johnston was commissioned to Second Lieutenant into the 74th brigade Royal Field Artillery, his commission was gazetted on 26th August 1916. He went to B.E.F. on 19 Dec 1916 and was an Officer of ‘C’ Battery. He died of his wounds on 11th June 1918 and is buried in Bac Du Sud British Cemetery ,near Arras, France.
Acknowledgments
Neil Cooper
Jonty Wild