BORN HULL 02/02/1897. SON OF FRANK LOUIS JOHNSON AND MARIA WALSH, AT 7 GEORGES AVENUE, LAKE STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). ONE OF SIX CHILDREN. BAPTISED AT ST CHARLES BORROMEO CHURCH, ON 28/03/1897.
ENLISTED BEVERLEY. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 28/04/1915. REPORTED MISSING AT THE BATTLE OF SERRE, IN ACTION, ON 13/11/1916, AGED 19. STILL REPORTED AS MISSING IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 06/01/1917. HIS BODY WAS NEVER RECOVERED AND HE IS LISTED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING.
HIS NAME IS ALSO LISTED ON ST CHARLES BORROMEO CHURCH MEMORIAL, HULL.
UNMARRIED. HE LEFT A BROTHER, FRANK LOUIS JOHNSON, AND SISTERS, CATHERINE AND NORAH.
First name:
WILLIAM
Regiment:
Military Number:
3/6309
Rank:
Private
Date Died
13/11/1916
Place died:
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
Age:
19
