BORN HULL 09/06/1882. SON OF ADOLPH FREDRIK JOHANNSON (1840-1923) AND EMMA MARGARENTHA LUCIA WEBER (1840-1888). HIS FATHER WAS SWEDISH. HIS MOTHER, GERMAN. THEY MARRIED IN HULL IN 1875. WHEN HIS WIFE DIED, HIS FATHER REMARRIED ANOTHER GERMAN, LOUISA SCHROEDER KRAUSE (1861-1837) AT HULL IN 1889 AND HAD EIGHT MORE CHILDREN. THEY LIVED AT 3 ENGLISH STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS).
FREDERICK JOHNSON HAD TWO BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS AND EIGHT HALF SIBLINGS. HE WORKED AS A HORSE SHUNTER ON THE RAILWAYS.
HE MOVED TO GATESHEAD. MARRIED MARY WARDELL SUMMERBELL LITTLEFIELD, AT TYNEMOUTH IN 1906. THEY HAD TWO CHILDREN.
HE ENLISTED IN SUNDERLAND. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 4/068949, R.A.S.C. TRANSFERRED TO THE 11TH ESSEX REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 17/10/1918, AGED 36. HE IS BURIED AT PREMONT BRITISH CEMETERY, AISNE, FRANCE.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, MARY WARDELL SUMMERBELL LITTLEFIELD (1878-1973), AT 26 EGALATON STREET, NORTH SUNDERLAND AND 17 HEDLEY STREET, BENSHAM, GATESHEAD, (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). THEY HAD TWO CHILDREN, NORA AND FREDERICK.
HIS HALF BROTHER, PRIVATE, ALFRED WILLIAM JOHNSON, MM, 9542, COLDSTREAM GUARDS, WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 08/11/1918, AGED 27. HE LIVED WITH HIS WIFE AT 5 HARRIETS TERRACE, EASTBOURNE STREET, HULL. HAD SERVED THORGHOUT THE WAR, AWARDED THE MILITARY MEDAL AND DIED 3 DAYS BEFORE THE WAY ENDED.
| Name | Frederick Johnson |
|---|---|
| Birth Place | Hull |
| Residence | Sunderland |
| Death Date | 17 Oct 1918 |
| Death Place | France and Flanders |
| Enlistment Place | Sunderland |
| Rank | Private |
| Regiment | Essex Regiment |
| Battalion | 11th Battalion |
| Regimental Number | 52541 |
| Type of Casualty | Killed in action |
| Theatre of War | Western European Theatre |
| Comments | Formerly R.4/068949, R.A.S.C. |
