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Surname: JOHNSON
Forename(s): William
Place of Birth: Skipton, Yorkshire
Service No: 40785
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: South Staffordshire Regiment
Battalion / Unit: 2nd Battalion
Division: 2nd Division
Age: ---
Date of Death: 1918-07-31
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: A. 80.
CWGC Cemetery: CONDE-SUR-L’ESCAUT COMMUNAL CEMETERY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: BEAMSLEY, YORKSHIRE
Local War Memorial: BOLTON ABBEY, YORKSHIRE
Local War Memorial: SKIPTON, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
William Johnson was the son of Spencer and Martha Wilson Johnson, née Mycock. Spencer was born at Beamsley, Yorkshire and Martha at Snailbeach, Shropshire.
1891 Skipton, Yorkshire Census: Devonshire Place [7, Bailey Terrace] - William Johnson, aged 6 months, born Skipton, son of Spencer and Martha W. Johnson. [Martha died in 1892 and Spencer married Mary Read in 1893.]
1901 Hazlewood with Storiths, Yorkshire Census: Deerstones - William Johnson, aged 10 years, born Skipton, Yorkshire, grandson of Thomas Johnson, widower.
1911 Beamsley, Yorkshire Census: Hardy Grange - William Johnson, aged 20 years, born Skipton, Yorkshire. Farm Hand. [William was employed by Elizabeth Usher, widow.]
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte William Johnson, 40785, South Staffordshire Regiment.
A short biography of William is included in: ‘Swaledale & Wharfedale Remembered – Aspects of Dales’ life through peace and war’ by Keith Taylor (2006).
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
JOHNSON, W., South Staffs. Regt., son of Mr. and Mrs. Spencer Johnson, Wharfe View, [Beamsley], died from pneumonia, Germany, July 31, 1918.
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Private William JOHNSON
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: South Staffordshire Regiment
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 2nd Division
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