Private 17047 William Johnson

The St Helens Newspaper & Advertiser
Courtesy Ste M

Regiment/Unit: South Lancashire Regiment - 8th Bn.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Theatre of War First Served: (1) France
Date Entered Therein: 28/09/1915

Age at death: 24
Date of death: 25th of December 1916 (Monday)
Born: St Helens, Lancs
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: London Rifle Brigade Cemetery - II. D. 6.

BMD details:
Marriage from service papers: 22/04/1911 Mary Jane Greene (spinster) at Prescot Registry Office.

Family details:
Next of Kin from service papers: Mrs Mary Jane Johnson(wife), 68, Higher Parr St, Parr, St Helen. Widow & Sole Legatee: Jane.

Notes:
Age taken from service record.

[pic]imgs/WW1_misc/17047WilliamJohnson.jpg[/pic][caption]Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929[/caption] [pic]imgs/S1PWHYAOTV/W_Johnson_SLR_zpsc458fac6.jpg[/pic][caption]The headstone of Private William Johnson at London Rifle Brigade Cemetery (Photograph courtesy of Frederik Sohier)[/caption]