Robert Brown Whytock Johnstone
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Service No: N/A
Date of Death: 19/07/1918
Age: 27
Regiment/Service: Royal Field Artillery (51st Bde.)
Memorial: Ploegsteert Memorial
Additional information: Son of James and Margaret Johnstone of 17 Albert Drive, Crosshill, Rutherglen.
Rutherglen Lore information: Son of Mr. and Mrs. Johnstone, 17 Albert Drive, Rutherglen.
Soldier’s Effects information: Executor James Johnstone Esq.
Scotland Select Births and Baptisms: Born 25/12/1890 in St. Rollox, Glasgow. Father James Johnstone and mother Margaret Whytock Johnstone.
1901 census information:
Address: 307 Stirling Road, Glasgow.
Father: James (51) not clear, born about 1850 in South Leith.
Mother: Margaret (51) born about 1850 in Perth.
Sister: Charlotte M (26) mantle maker, born about 1875 in Glasgow.
Sister: Margaret W (21) dressmaker, born about 1880 in Glasgow.
Brother: James S (19) engineers civil apprentice, born about 1882 in Glasgow.
Sister: Marion G (18) born about 1883 in Glasgow.
Brother: Charles (15) office boy, born about 1886 in Glasgow.
Self: Robert B W (10) born about 1891 in Glasgow.
Newspaper transcript – Glasgow Canadian Killed. Lieutenant R. B. W. Johnstone, R.F.A., killed in France was 27 years of age, and the youngest son of ex-Councillor James Johnstone, Glasgow, and Mrs Johnstone, 17 Albert Drive, Crosshill. He enlisted in Vancouver early in the war. Prior to going to Canada he was on the staff of the Central Agency, Glasgow.