Identity
Person No.
11349
Service No.
RR/1625
Last Name
First Name
James Arthur
Initials
J A
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Unknown
Age at Death
Unknown
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
MIA 785
Missing in action
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Notes
Brother of Mr. F. W. Johnston, of Bulawayo, Rhodesia
Citations
Unknown
External References
Stories 1
robert was posthumously awarded the victoria cross for his courage on 6th january 1900 when at the siege of ladysmith the british were taken by surprise at waggon hill, just as the three foremost boers reached the summit of the hill, which would almost certainly have meant that ladysmith would have fallen, robert and another man, trooper albrecht of the imperial light horse, shot them and retook the hill. sadly just afterwards, as robert was helping soldiers into their firing positions, he was shot in the throat and died.
Dedications 1
WHAT A TOTAL WASTE OF A GORGEOUS HUNK TAKEN AT 23 YEARS OF AGE FOR ABSOLUTELY NOTHING, AWARDED V.C POSTHUMOUSLY, I WONDER WHO RECEIVED THE MEDAL FOR HIM I HOPE HE DIDN'T SUFFER TOO BADLY JANETTE SCOTT