BORN HEDON, HULL, 1887. SON OF JAMES (JIM) JOHNSON (1861-1927) & SARAH JANE HOPPER (1860-1906), WHO LOST ALL THREE SONS IN THE WAR. THE FAMILY MOVED TO COLNE, LANCASHIRE, IN 1901.
HE WAS MARRIED TO EDITH DUERDEN JOHNSON (1885-1974), ON 23/07/1911, AT BURNLEY CHAPEL. WORKED AS A COTTON WEAVER. LIVING AT 10 WILSON STREET, FOULRIDGE, COLNE.
HE ENLISTED IN NOVEMBER 1916. JOINING THE 5TH BORDER REGIMENT. SERVED IN FRANCE, FROM DECEMBER 1917. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 11/08/1918, AGED 31. HIS DEATH WAS CONFIRMED, BY A COMRADE, PRIVATE, J PILLING, FROM 185 COTTON TREE LANE, COTTONTREE. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE INGAHMITE CHURCH WAR MEMORIAL IN COLNE.
Cemetery Vis-en-Artois British Cemetery, Haucourt, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
HIS ONLY TWO BROTHERS WERE ALSO KILLED IN THE WAR, – PRIVATE, GEORGE JOHNSON, YORK & LANCS, DIED IN ACTION, ON 09/10/1917, AGED 34, & PRIVATE, WILLIAM HENRY JOHNSON (HARRY), MACHINE GUN CORPS, DIED AS A GERMAN PRISONER OF WAR, ON 28/07/1918, AGED 29. THEY LEFT A SOLE, SISTER ANNIE.
