BORN HULL OCT 1885. SON OF JOHN J & MARY JOHNSON 8 LAMETE AVENUE, HEDON ROAD. MARRIED EDITH SUSANNAH BROWN ON 16/05/1909 HULL. HIS WIFE EDITH AND FOUR CHILDREN, LIVED AT 3 , CHURCHILL STREET, HULL AND 6 SACKVILLE TERRACE, FERRIES STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). THEY HAD THREE SONS LAURENCE FARTHING, GEORGE AND JOHN AND DAUGHTER, EDITH. EMPLOYED AS A SAWMAN AT BEECROFT AND WRIGHTMAN’S. HEDON ROAD.
HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS, ON 30/11/1914. SERVED IN EGYPT AND FRANCE. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 25/05/1916, AGED 30. HE HAD SERVED ONE YEAR AND 178 DAYS. HIS ARMY PENSION WENT TO HIS WIDOW AND FOUR CHILDREN. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 15/06/1916. *
HE LEFT A SISTER MARGARET AT 6 REFORM TERRACE, KENT STREET, HULL. HE HAD OLDER BROTHERS BUT SAID ON HIS ARMY RECORDS THAT HE DID NOT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THEM. HIS BROTHER, PRIVATE, H. JOHNSON OF KENT STREET, WAS WOUNDED IN ACTION AND PERMANENTLY DISABLED. A BROTHER IN LAW, PRIVATE, P.W. BROWN, OF 18 MARVEL STREET, SERVED IN FRANCE.
