BORN HESSLE 1893. SON OF ALICE AND JERIMIAH JOHNSON, OF 4 NORTHGATE PLACE, HESSLE. EMPLOYED AS A BLACKSMITH’S APPRENTICE.
ENLISTED BEVERLEY. FORMERLY 481691, K.O.Y.L.I. HE MARRIED IN JULY 1915. HE DIED OF INFLUENZA, ON ARMISTICE DAY, 11/11/1918, THE DAY THE WAR ENDED, AGED 25.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, ADA ELIZABETH WETHERALL (893-1966) AND SON GEORGE (1918-1981), WHO LIVED AT FIRST LANE, HESSLE, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS).
HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE HESSLE ROLL OF HONOUR, ALL SAINTS PARISH CHURCH.
First name:
ALBERT
Military Number:
85250
Rank:
Private
Date Died
11/11/1918
Place died:
Terlincthun British Cemetery, Wimille, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
25
2 PEARLS ARCH, FIRST LANE, HULL ROAD, HESSLE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
