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  • Norton sub Hamdon
  • Somerset, England
  • Yeovil
  • Son of Herbert and Mercy Johnson (nee Grinter), of Norton-sub-Hamdon, Somerset; the eldest of eight children, four sisters (Lena Maud, Gertrude, Kathleen Mary and Olga May) and three brothers (Hubert, Herbert Henry, Stanley)
  • Hospital attendant at Horton Asylum
  • Husband of Esme Frances Lilian Johnson (nee Guy), of "May View," West Hill, Alresford, Hampshire; one child, Esme Florence Mercy;

Military service

  • 29 August 1914, Epsom
  • R/277
  • Company Quartermaster Serjeant
  • 7th Bn. King's Royal Rifle Corps
  • promoted Lance Corporal 15 February 1915 and Coy Quartermaster Sergeant on 10 December 1916; to France 19 May 1915

Death

  • Dikkebus, shell attack in the dump
  • Died of shell wounds in the abdomen, in n°17 CCS
  • 24
  • XXI - H - 6

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