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Private WILLIAM EDWARD JOHNSON

Service Number: 2043
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

1st/4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 10 September 1916

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LONDON CEMETERY AND EXTENSION, LONGUEVAL

9.B.43.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Mary Ann Johnson, of 1, Moor Moss, Haverigg, Millom, Cumb.
  • Personal Inscription THEY WIN OR DIE WHO WEAR THE ROSE OF LANCASTER
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Buried or commemorated at

LONDON CEMETERY AND EXTENSION, LONGUEVAL
Somme France
Number of casualties: 4039
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