Memorial

Arthur Townsend Johnstone

Close up of lowest grey granite square plinth containing the commemoration inscription

Source: R Maddox

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Current Location

Hampstead Cemetery, Fortune Green Road, West Hampstead, Camden, Greater London, England

TQ 25000 85662

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Type of Memorial: Addition to gravestone
WMR Reference Number: 114388
Description: Grey granite memorial at the head of a kerbed grave infilled with grass, consisting of a base of three square plinths topped by a rock motif effect and surmounted by a latin cross adorned with garlands. Inscriptions are written on all three square plinths and the rock motif. The relevant commemoration is on the lowest square plinth.
Inscription: ALSO TO/COMMANDER ARTHUR TOWNSEND JOHNSTONE. R.N./OF H.M.S. DEFENCE/SECOND BELOVED SON OF THE ABOVE DAVID Y. JOHNSTONE/KILLED IN ACTION IN JUTLAND BATTLE/MAY 31ST 1916 AGED 33.

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: rank, first name, middle name, surname, unit in which served, location of death, date of death, age at death

Gravestone

Made from: Granite

Condition: Good