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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.