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Name: JOHNSTON, Robert Hector DSO (Major)
Nee: son of Henry Hammond Johnston
Birth Date: 19 Dec 1877 Grantham
Death Date: 9 May 1969 Farnham, Surrey
First Date: 1907
Profession: Army. 1911 The Lango Detachment
Married: In London 20 Dec 1916 Kathleen Hariot Robinson b. 2 July 1897 Marylebone, d. 24 Mar 1965 Farnham
Children: Robert Alan (15 Apr 1918 Chesterton, Cambs.-1941 France); Henry Bruce Stirling (10 Apr 1920 Pembroke-1941 at sea off Denmark)
Book Reference: Moyse, Debrett, DSO, North
War Service: Lincolnshire Regt.
School: Haileybury College
General Information:
Debrett - entered Lincolnshire Regt. 1899, became Capt. 1905, and Major 1915; retired 1927; was Lieut.-Col. Comdg. a Batn. of his Regt. 1915-16; served in Somaliland 1908-10 (medal with clasp), and during European War 1914-16 (despatches thrice, DSO); employed with KAR 1907-12, and in British Honduras 1917-18
DSO - London Gazette 18/2/15 - For services in connection with operations in the field