Orders, Decorations and Medals

Family group to three brothers:

A Great War M.M. group of four awarded to Private H. Johnstone, Royal Army Medical Corps

Military Medal, G.V.R. (354182 Pte., R.A.M.C.); 1914-15 Star (372 Pte., R.A.M.C. ); British War and Victory Medals, these two with erased naming

Three: Private J. A. Johnstone, Royal Army Medical Corps

1914-15 Star; British War Medal 1914-20, these two with erased naming; Victory Medal 1914-19 (355 Pte., R.A.M.C..)

Three: Private A. M. Johnstone, Royal Army Medical Corps

1914-15 Star (277 Pte., R.A.M.C. ); British War and Victory Medals (277 Pte., R.A.M.C.) very fine and better (10) £220-260

M.M. London Gazette 13 March 1919. ‘Pte., 44th Fd. Amb. (Manchester)’.

Harold Johnstone of 53 Clarendon Road, Whalley Range, Manchester, attested for service in the R.A.M.C. at Manchester on 1 September 1914, aged 20 years, 10 months. With the R.A.M.C. he entered the Egypt theatre of war on 26 September 1914 and served with the E.E.F. until 1 June 1915. He then served in Gallipoli, 7 June-20 October 1915 and with the B.E.F., 12 May 1917-7 July 1919. For his bravery in the field whilst serving with the 44th Field Ambulance he was awarded the Military Medal. He was discharged on 31 March 1920. Sold with copied service and m.i.c.

John Arthur Johnstone of 53 Clarendon Road, Whalley Range, Manchester, attested for service in the R.A.M.C. at Manchester on 4 September 1914, aged 19 years, 1 month. With the R.A.M.C. he entered the Egypt theatre of war on 26 September 1914 and served with the E.E.F. until 5 May 1915. He then served in Gallipoli, 10 May-8 July 1915; Malta, 16 July 1915-28 March 1916; with the E.E.F., 27 March-5 April 1918, and with the B.E.F., 17 April 1918-10 April 1919. He was discharged on 31 March 1920. Sold with copied service papers and m.i.c.

Alexander Mortimer Johnstone of 53 Clarendon Road, Whalley Range, Manchester, attested for service in the R.A.M.C. at Manchester on 23 February 1914, aged 21 years, 10 months. With the R.A.M.C. he entered the Egypt theatre of war on 26 September 1914 and served with the E.E.F. until 5 May 1915. He then served in Gallipoli, 10 May 1915-12 January 1916, with the E.E.F., 18 January 1916-2 March 1917 and the B.E.F., 12 March 1917-9 January 1919. He was discharged on 31 March 1920. Sold with copied service papers and m.i.c.