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SYDNEY JOHNSON
Kingston upon Hull HU3 3JP
England
Pte, Sydney Johnson, 4th Yorkshire Regiment
BORN HULL 1900. SON OF GEORGE JOHNSON (1863-1910) AND MARY JANE STEVENS, OF 36, ALBEMARLE STREET, HULL. (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). YOUNGEST OF SIX CHILDREN. A FORMER BLUNDELLS WORKER, HULL.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, Tr/5/110352, 87TH T.R. BATTALION. TRANSFERRED TO THE 1/4TH YORKSHIRE HUSSARS. DIED AS PRISONER OF WAR, ON 26/10/1918, AGED 18. BURIED IN GERMANY.
HE IS COMMEMORATED ON ST MATTHEWS CHURCH, WW1 MEMORIAL, BOULEVARD, HULL WITH HIS BROTHER.
HIS BROTHER, PRIVATE, HAROLD JOHNSON, 11TH EYR, DIED OF WOUNDS IN 1916, AGED 25.
ANOTHER BROTHER, PRIVATE, ERNEST JOHNSON (1893-1929), 79952, NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILERS, WAS DISCHARGED WITH WOUNDS AND AWARDED THE SILVER BADGE NO: B301897. HE DIED IN 1929, AGED 36.
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