BORN HULL 1888. SON OF GEORGE JOHNSON, AT 52 WOODHOUSE STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS), OFF HEDON ROAD. A FORMER PORTER, AT ROYAL STATION HOTEL, HULL.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. JOINED AS 4541, HULL’S 146TH HEAVY BATTERY, R.G.A. HE DIED OF WOUNDS ON 19/07/1917, AT THE 55TH FIELD AMBULANCE UNIT, YPRES, AGED 29.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, ETHEL M. FOSTER (BORN 2/10/1889), AT 48, FIELD STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE LEFT A WIDOW AND TWO SONS, GEORGE AND EDGAR JOHNSON. AWARDED 22/11 SHILLINGS WEEKLY WAR PENSION.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 22/08/1917. *
HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE MARFLEET ROLL OF HONOUR, EAST HULLAND ON THE CITY ENGINEERS MEMORIAL, IN VICTORIA BUILDINGS, PARK STREET.
HIS LODGER, PRIVATE, GEORGE BOSTOCK, (EYR) WAS ANOTHER PORTER AT THE HULL’S ROYAL STATION HOTEL LIVING AT 48, FIELD STREET, HULL AND WAS KILLED ON 13/11/1916.
