BORN HULL 19/01/1875. SON OF ADOLPH FREDERICK JOHNSON & EMMA MARGARETHA LUCIA JOHNSON (KNOWN AS LORRIA JOHNSON), AT 13 SHORELAND TERRACE, STRICKLAND STREET, HULL . HIS FATHER WAS NORWEGIAN.
HE ENLISTED AT HULL, IN THE ROYAL MARINES ON 20/10/1896. MARRIED SARAH WILLIS, (BORN 11/12/1889), AT SCULCOATES, HULL, IN 1909. THEY LIVED AT 12, LOCKWOOD STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). THEY HAD ONE DAUGHTER, FLORENCE EVA, BORN ON 24/11/1911.
HE ENLISTED IN THE 8TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT AS CHARLES ALBERT JOHNSON. SERVED WITH THE 8TH EYR. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 14/06/1917, AGED 41. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW SARAH. HE LEFT A PERSONAL WAR DIARY – file:///C:/Users/Paul/Downloads/Charles%20Johnson%20diary%20(1).pdf
BURIED: MONCHY BRITISH CEMETERY, MONCHY-LE-PREUX, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE.
In the 1911 census Johnson can be found in the household of his uncle Joseph Holtby, living at Ashby near Doncaster. He worked as a bricklayer before the war. Charles went to France in April 1915 and fought in the Ypres salient. During 1915 he kept a diary – the last entry is dated 30th December. Entries are written in a small, now rather battered black covered notebook, in pencil throughout. The last few entries are on loose leafs of paper. It is a diary full of the brutal realities of war. Johnson served as 2511, with C Company of the 1/4th Battalion the East Yorkshire Regiment (service number 28437), before transferring to the 8th Battalion early in 1917. He was killed on 14/6/1917 and buried in the British cemetery at Monchy-Le-Preux (near
Arras). He is described on one of his photographs as having dark grey eyes, mid brown hair and a fair complexion. Living at 12 Lockwood Street, Hull. He was one of three brothers from the family who
served; only one returned home.
