Sapper 428583 Charles Frederick Johnson

The St Helens Newspaper & Advertiser
Courtesy Ste M

Regiment/Unit: Royal Engineers - 422nd West Lancs Field Coy.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Previous Reg/Num: Sapper 8918, R.E.

Age at death: 35
Date of death: 20th of September 1917 (Thursday)
Born: Runcorn, Ches
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Tyne Cot Memorial - Panel 8 and 162.

BMD details:
Birth: Charles Frederick Johnson registered 1st quarter 1882, Runcorn, Vol 8a - Page 223. Marriage for Charles Frederick Johnson & Mary Vose registered 3rd quarter 1909, Prescot, Vol 8b, Page 1259.

Census details:
1891 census: Charles F Johnson (age 9) is living at 6 Picow Street, Runcorn with father Charles (39, a stonemason), stepmother Elizabeth A (27), siblings John W (13), Elizabeth M (12), Florence G (5), and half-brother David S (3 months). 1901 census: Charles Frederick Johnson (age 19, a stonemason) is a boarder at 127 Nutgrove Road, St Helens, the home of John and Maria Littler. 1911 census: Charles F Johnson (age 29, a stonemason) is living at 25 Orrell Street, St Helens with his wife of one year, Mary (34), and step-sons Thomas (11) and John Vose (7)

Notes:
Note that while CWGC and SDGW give his name as 'Frederick Charles' this appears to be incorrect, it should be 'Charles Frederick' Enlisted on 25 October 1915, at which time he was living at 92 Traverse Street, St Helens. He and Mary had a daughter, Annie, who died in 1918 age 2. (Research courtesy of forum member PaulC.)

[pic]imgs/sppics/428583_Chas_F_Johnson.jpg[/pic] [pic]imgs/sppics/428583_Chas_F_Johnson2.jpg[/pic][caption]A dedication for Sapper Charles F Johnson at St Helens Cemetery (Photograph courtesy of forum member PaulC.)[/caption] [pic]imgs/WW1_memorials/JohnsonFC_RE.jpg[/pic][caption]The panel on the Tyne Cot Memorial bearing the inscription for Sapper Charles Frederick Johnson (Photograph courtesy of Ste M.)[/caption]