- WilliamJohn
- JOHNSON
- 38215
Private
- WW1
- Army
- Infantry
- Worcestershire Regiment
- 6th Battalion
- None
- 16th February 1917
- 29
- Unknown
- Wichenford (St. Laurence) Churchyard, Worcestershire, England, North of Church.
- Wichenford
- Unknown
Son of John and Emma Johnson; husband of Agnes Rose Johnson, of Rose Cottage, Hallow, Worcester
JOHNSON William John Is Named On These Memorials
Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above
Wichenford Village Hall with the information: Pte
Further Information About JOHNSON William John
William Johnson was born in 1887 in Wichenford, one of two children of John and Emma who had married in 1886. John was a blacksmith and the couple had a daughter born in 1890 who died in 1891 leaving William as their only child.
In 1910 William married Agnes Rose Smith, at the time of the 1911 census they had been married under one year and had no children. Their first daughter, Ena, was born later the same year. William and Agnes had two more daughters, Ada born in 1914 and Vera born in 1915.
William was a farmer and it is probable that he was conscripted as a Private into the Worcestershire Regiment in late 1916. He died whilst still training, at the Military Hospital at Norton, Worcester.
United Parish Magazine, Wichenford, March 1917:
The war has exacted the extreme penalty in the case of Willie J Johnson. After four weeks training, his death came with a tragic suddenness. Born, baptised, married in the Parish, he lived here all his life, and he had never been out of the Parish for so long a period as his brief soldiering entailed. He was one of the most familiar figures in our village life; in the choir as boy and man, secretary for years of our Men’s Club, he always did his share in parochial organizations, and helped to the best of his ability.
He will be missed, and everyone has been deeply moved by his sudden death, and feel the very greatest sympathy for his wife with her three children, and for his mother and father. May he rest in peace.
Burials
Feb 21 William John Johnson, aged 29 years
The following entry appears in the United Parish Magazine, St Peter’s Church, Martley, March 1917:
W.J.Johnson dec’d