JOHNSON Harold Leslie

  • First Name(s):
    Harold 
    Leslie 
  • Surname:
    JOHNSON
  • Service Number:
    1656313
  • Rank:

    Gunner

  • Conflict:
    WW2
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Artillery
  • Corps:
    Royal Artillery
  • Unit:
    135 Z Anti-Aircraft Battery
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    20th June 1942
  • Age At Death:
    29
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Alamein Memorial, Egypt, Column 36.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Ernest Frederick Charles and Sarah Jane Johnson; husband of Mary Lucy Johnson, of Lye, Stourbridge, Worcestershire

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JOHNSON Harold Leslie Is Named On These Memorials

Lye Christ Church WW2 Window
Stourbridge War Memorial

Further Information About JOHNSON Harold Leslie

Appears on the Army casualties list for Worcestershire.

The following information has been researched by The Black Country Society:
Harold Johnson was the son of Ernest and Sarah Johnson. He enlisted in the Royal Artillery and joined the 135 AA Battery. In 1942 this unit was fighting in North Africa during the fluctuating fortunes of the 8th Army when Rommel took over leadership of the Axis forces. In June he broke through the main British defensive line at Gazala and captured Tobruk with its 35,000 Allied troops. Gunner Harold Johnson was killed in action on the 20th June 1942.

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