The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private H Johnson

Private Harold JOHNSON, 205589, 7th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, death presumed on or since, 12th October 1917, age 23.

Born Normanton, Yorkshire, son of William and Abigail Johnson, of Frobisher Row, Warmfield, Wakefield, Yorkshire.

1911 Census - Frobisher Row, Warmfield, Wakefield, Yorkshire - William Johnson, head, age 46, married, stone miner, below ground, Colliery Worker, worker, born Warmfield, Yorkshire; Abigial Johnson, wife, age 44, married 20 years, 11 children, 10 still alive, born Streethouse, Yorkshire; Walter Johnson, son, age 18, single, haulage boy, below ground, Colliery Worker, worker, born Normanton, Yorkshire; Harold Johnson, son, age 16, single, Mottie Hanger, above ground, Colliery Worker, worker, born Normanton, Yorkshire; Ellen Johnson, daughter, age 14, assisting at home, worker, born Normanton, Yorkshire; Alice Johnson, daughter, age 12, school, born Normanton, Yorkshire; Norah Elizabeth Johnson, daughter, age 10, school, born Normanton, Yorkshire; Bertha Johnson, daughter, age 8, school, born Normanton, Yorkshire; Mabel Johnson, daughter, age 6, born Normanton, Yorkshire; Percy Johnson, son, age 4, born Normanton, Yorkshire; Arthur Johnson, son, age 3, born Warmfield, Yorkshire; Vera Johnson, daughter, age 1, born Warmfield, Yorkshire.

Enlisted Wakefield, Yorkshire, age 22 years & 10 months., height 5ft 2 inches, weight 123lbs, scar 5" below right nipple, teeth defective. Resided Frobisher Row, Warmfield, Wakefield, Yorkshire. Formerly Colliery Fireman.

Home 19th March 1917 to 5th July 1917; BEF 6th July 1917 to 12th October 1917.

19th March 1917, enlisted & posted 4th Battalion, York & Lancs Regiment, Service No.204538; 6th July 1917, Folkestone, embarked; 6th July 1917, Boulogne, disembarked; 7th July 1917, Etaples, 34 Infantry Base Depot; 21st July 1917, transferred to 3/4th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, posted 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 12th October 1917, posted missing.

17th June 1918, date when Separation Allowance of 15/- a week payable to mother will cease.

25th November 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, William Johnson, Frobisher Row, Warmfield, Wakefield, Yorkshire; Mother, Abigail Johnson, Frobisher Row, Warmfield, Wakefield, Yorkshire; Brothers - Percy Johnson, age 13, Frobisher Row, Warmfield, Wakefield, Yorkshire; Arthur Johnson, age 12, Frobisher Row, Warmfield, Wakefield, Yorkshire; Walter Johnson, age 27, OHMS France; Sisters - Ellen Johnson, age 23, Silvern Park, Buxton; Alice Johnson, age 20, Frobisher Row, Warmfield, Wakefield, Yorkshire; Mable Johnson, age 15, Frobisher Row, Warmfield, Wakefield, Yorkshire; Bertha Johnson, age 17, Wakefield; Norah E Johnson, age 19, Leeds; Vera Johnson, age 9, Frobisher Row, Warmfield, Wakefield, Yorkshire.

Commemorated at Tyne Cot Memorial, Panel 106 to 108, Belgium.

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