Johnstone Thomas Crichton Pte 2766599
Personnel Entry
Name Johnstone Thomas Crichton
Army number 2766599
Rank Private.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards for both First and Second World Wars.
Date of birth Not yet ascertained.
Age (At time of death). Not yet known.
Unit Enlisted in the Black Watch in 1914, aged 18. Posted to 1/7th Battalion The Black Watch. Transferred to 8th Battalion, The Black Watch. Served in France and Flanders. Re-enlisted in The Black Watch (date not yet known) and posted to 1st Tyneside Scottish. Served Normandy. Transferred to the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders on the disbandment of the Battalion 24/8/1944 under the provision of Part II Order TS 91/44. Relegated to the Class Z Army Reserve 22/2/1947. Discharged from the Reserve under TA Regulations 1936 Paragraph 204 - 6 (a) 9/2/1948 on his re-enlisting on 10/2/1948 in the Highland Brigade - Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders as Army Number 22218022 45/7.
Company/Battery Not yet known.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Details awaited.
Joined Brigade Not yet known.
Promotions None known.
Wounded Yes - November 1917 - shrapnel wound to his back. March 1918 - gunshot wounds to arm and back.
Prisoner of War Not so far as is known.
Died/Killed in action Date of death not yet ascertained.
Home address 26, Paterson Park,Leslie, Fife, Scotland.
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