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Capt. Bernard Digby Johns
British Army 10th Btn. Royal Welch Fusiliers
from:Dublin
(d.17th Feb 1916)
Bernard Digby Johns of the Royal Welch Fusiliers was killed in action in Belgium, on the 17th of February 1916, Aged 21. He was a step-brother of Charles and Claud French. The son of Honoria French (formerly Johns) of 3 Sion Hill, Clifton, Bristol, and the late A. D. Johns. Gazetted in Sept., 1914, Bernard had been a History Scholar at Oriel College, Oxford.
Ernest Thomas Johns
Royal Navy Reserve HMS Crescent
My grandfather Tom Johns was in the Royal Navy Reserve and served on HMS Crescent in 1917.
Pte. Henry Johns
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Gateshead
Henry Johns was wounded
Sgt. Leonard Johns MM.
British Army 8th Btn. Welsh Regiment
from:1 Glyn Street, Ynysybwl
(d.16th Feb 1920)
Leonard Johns was born c. 1893, he was the son of Leonard and Catherine Johns and lived at 1 Glyn Street, Ynysybwl. After much service overseeas, he succumbed to illness and after discharge on 31st of May 1919 died on 16th February 1920 and is buried in Ynysybwl Cemetery, Ynysybwl. He was awarded the Military Medal (Greece) 3rd Class with clasp.
Pte. Samuel Johns
British Army 3rd Btn. York & Lancaster Regiment
(d.22nd Aug 1916)
Samuel Johns was an experienced solider having served in the Boar War, he died suddenly at Cocken Hall whilst serving with the York and Lancaster Regiment.
Pte. William Walter Johns
British Army 12th Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps
from:London
Pte. William Johns
British Army 8th Btn. Devonshire Regiment
(d.4th October 1917)
Sister. Johnson
Queen Alexandras Nursing Service No. 16 Stationary Hospital
Bdr. Albert Bertram Johnson
British Army 63rd Brigade, C Bty. Royal Field Artillery
from:Peterborough
My paternal grandfather, Albert Bertram Johnson was born in Peterborough on the 15th November 1886 to William and Elizabeth Jane Johnson.
He worked on the railways before enlisting on 8th August 1914 as one of Kitchener's New Army. He joined the Royal Artillery 63rd Brigade C Bty., part of the 12th Eastern Division and was posted to France on the 1st June 1915. He spent the majority of the war years in France, fighting in the first and second battles of Ypres. He was wounded in action on the 4th May 1917 but no details noted on his record.
He contracted influenza in July 1918 and was admitted to Graylingwell Hospital, Chichester on the 1st August 1918 from Number 11 Stationary Hospital at Rouen. On the 17th August 1918, he was admitted to a convalescent hospital at Eastbourne, possibly Summerdown. He was discharged on the 7th December 1918 and returned to his Unit on the 16th December 1918.On the 3rd February 1919 he was sent to a dispersal centre and on the 5th March 1919 he was transferred to Class Z Army Reserve. He was demobbed on the 31st March 1920 and his address was given as 116 GN Cottages, New England, Peterborough, He was 31.
He had married Rose Hannah Webb on the 5th November 1917 at Northampton. They had two children, Bertram Walter born on the 4th April 1920 and Muriel born 1924. He returned to work on the railways at Peterborough as a shunter but was tragically killed in a shunting accident at the East Station, Peterborough on the 5th November 1929, his 12th wedding anniversary.
Sgt. Albert Edward Johnson MM.
British Army C Bty. 124th Brigade Royal Field Artillery
from:London
Pte. Angus Johnson
British Army 11th Btn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
(d.1st Jul 1916)
Sgt. Arthur Anthony "Tiny" Johnson
British Army King's Royal Rifle Corps
from:Streatham, London
(d. 1st July 1915)
My father was delayed from the D Day landings with Appendicitis and join his unit in France later. He travelled through France, then I believe into Germany ending up crossing the Rhine. There were many stories of the the troops finding food which the Germans had buried and hidden in their gardens. On the night of the victory my father was billeted in a house with some other men. They had placed a blanket over the door so that the door could remain open for ease of access. My father was standing outside the door when a very happy soldier celebrated by pushing open the blanket and firing off some rounds. One of which burnt my father's ear. That is what you call a close shave! He was as white as a sheet upon realising how close he had come to killing my father. My father was responsible for keeping all of the rolling stock rolling. He was never more happy than when he had his head under the bonnet. He drove Sir Anthony Eden when stationed in the UK.
Rfmn. Arthur Leon Johnson
British Army 21st Btn. London Regiment
from:69 Rockingham St, New Kent Road, London
I have this photo which I am guessing belongs to Arthur Leon Johnson (my great uncle) Is it the 21st County of London Regimental Band? I can just make out something on the drum which could be County of London then underneath Rough Riders Does anyone have the same photo with some names of the men?
Pte. Arthur Johnson
British Army 364th Forestry Coy. Royal Engineers
from:5 Ellsworth Place, Armley, Leeds
(d.1st July 1918 )
Arthur Johnson served with the 364th Forestry Coy, Royal Engineers and the Army Service Corps. This statement is part of the entry, as it was posted on the National Roll of The Great War. Record X4429. Johnson A Driver ASC (MT). Gave his life endeavouring to rescue his comrades from a shell hole filled with poison gas on 1st July 1918.For this act of self sacrifice was awarded the Albert Medal. He was also entitled to General and Victory Medal.
2Lt. Arthur John Johnson
British Army 22nd (2nd Islington) Battalion Middlesex Regiment
from:Glastonbury, Somerset
Arthur Johnson was the son of Arthur & Martha Jane Johnson. He was born 27th September 1894 in Aston Manor, Warks. He was gassed in WW1, then studied engineering at London University. He was a billeting officer in WW2 in Bedfordshire, then Manager of Bedford Billposting Company. He married Judith Church's aunt Edith Heys in 1947, and they lived and retired in Marston Shelton, Beds. He died 22 January 1972.
Pte. Benjamin Johnson
British Army 9th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Blyth
(d.9th Nov 1916)
Benjamin Johnson served with the 9th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers, he was aged 22 when died on 9th November 1916. He was born in Jarrow and enlisted in Blyth. Benjamin Johnson age 16 Pony Driver in Coalmine is listed as lodging at 42 Clyde Street, Hirst, Northumberland on the 1911 census.
He is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial.
2nd Lt. C. G. Johnson
British Army 149th Bde. A Bty. Royal Field Artillery
from:Brinnington, Stockport
(d.7th Jun 1917)
2nd Lt Johnson was the son of John Goode and Sarah Coper Johnson, of Brinnington, Stockport. He was educated at Sedbergh School and the Royal Military Academy. He was 19 years old and lies in Brandhoek Military.
Pte. Charles Edward Johnson
British Army 2nd Btn. Royal Welch Fusiliers
from:Knolton
(d.26th Oct 1914)
Charles Johnson was only 25 when he was killed in France on 26th October 1914. He was the first soldier to die from Overton. His parents were Charlie and Annie and he had nine siblings. He is buried in Pont-Du-Hem Military Cemetery, La Gorgue.
Sgt. Charles Edward Johnson
British Army 2/1st Btn., B Coy. Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry
from:Aylesbury
(d.22nd August 1917)
All I know is that Charles Johnson was my great uncle and that he was killed on 22nd of August 1917 at Ypres. He is remembered with honour at the Tyne Cot Memorial. I have but one photo and treasure it very much. I wish that I knew more.
Pte. Charles Johnson
British Army 9th Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment
from:Brighton, Sussex
(d.28th Oct 1917)
Rfn. Charles Edward Johnson
British Army 6th Battalion London Regiment
from:29 Campshill Road, Lewisham, London
(d.15th Dec 1916)
Pte. D. Johnson
Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. Cressy
from:Rasen, Lincs.
(d.22nd November 1914)
Private Johnson was the Son of Mr. G. Johnson, of North Willingham, Market Rasen, Lincs.
He was 45 when he died and is buried Seventy feet South of South-East angle of Church in the Husby Churchyard in Denmark.
Pte. David Johnson
British Army 15th Battalion Durham Light Infantry
from:Pelaw
(d.1st July 1916)
David Johnson served wit the 15th Battalion Durham Light Infantry, he was aged 20 when he died on 1st July 1916. Born in Hebburn in 1896 he was the son of Robert and Sarah Ann Johnson (nee Mitcheson) of 14 Oak Street Jarrow. On the 1911 census, David Johnson age 14 Screener in Coalmine is with his parents Robert and Sarah Ann Johnson and family at 14 Waggonway Row, Pelaw
David is buried in Gordon Dump Cemetery. Ovillers-La-Boisselle and is commemorated on the Triptych in St. Paul's Church, Jarrow.
David "Jack" Johnson
British Army
About 10 years ago, my grandad, David Johnson, gave me his two medals, a 1939-45 star, and a France and Germany star. I was too young then to ask questions about them. Grandad died in 1992, so I never got to talk to him about his part in the war. I was wondering if anyone could tell me what these medals were for, and maybe even what the campaigns were like? I don't even know what the GRJ VI on the stars is.
I believe he was a tank engineer, and that his tank was last over one of the German bridges before it blew, but that's all I know. If anyone can help me, please email me.
Pte. Edgar Reginald Johnson
British Army 10th Battalion Essex Regiment
from:Leicester
Edgar Johnson served with the Royal Air Force and 10th Battalion, Essex Regiment
Pte. Edward Johnson
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
served with 18th & 2nd DLI
2Lt. Eric Ronald Johnson
British Army 1/7th Btn. Middlesex Regiment
from:Harrogate
Eric Johnson served with the 7th Middlesex Regiment and 2nd Trench Mortar Battery.
Gnr. Ernest Johnson
British Army 297 Seige Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
my grandfather Ernest JOHNSON. He served in WW1 as Gunner 142011 with the 297 Seige Battery of the Royal Garrison Artillery in Salonika, Greece, where he died in 1918 and is buried in Mikra British Cemetery, Kalamaria. I have gone through the usual channels in an effort to research him but his was one of the many records destroyed in WW2. I would be very grateful for any information no matter how small about him or the part played by the RGA in the Salonika campaign.
Pte. Frederick William Johnson
Australian Imperial Forces 36th Btn.
from:Sydney, Australia
(d.7th Jun 1917)
Pte. Frederick Johnson
British Army 2nd Btn Border Regiment
(d.1st Aug 1918)
Frederick Johnson was executed for desertion on 01/08/1918 and buried in the City of Paris Cemetery, Bagneux, France.
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