BORN HULL 1892. SON OF WALTER AND ELIZABETH JOHNSON, OF 8, FLORENCE AVENUE, ARUNDEL STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS).
HUSBAND, OF ALICE, AT 16, WORSHIP STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS).
A SHIP’S PAINTER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS GUNNER, 765714, IN THE 263RD BRIGADE, ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 08/11/1917. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW ALICE, WHO HE MARRIED IN 1917. THEY HAD NO CHILDEN.
HE IS COMMEMORATED AT THE TYNE COT MEMORIAL, BELGIUM. ALSO LISTED ON THE ST CHARLES BORROMEO ROLL OF HONOUR, JARRATT STREET, HULL.
First name:
WALTER
Military Number:
765714
Rank:
Gunner
Date Died
08/11/1917
Place died:
Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
25
8 FLORENCE AVENUE, ARUNDEL STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
