William Johnson MM

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

772266

Unit at enlistment:

125th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Yes

Wounded:

Yes

Cemetery:

Farringdon Cemetery, Brantford, Ontario

Awards or decorations:

Military Medal

Birth country:

England

Birth county:

South Yorkshire

Birth city:

Thorne

Address at enlistment:

132 Grand River Avenue, Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

132 Grand River Avenue, Brantford, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Fireman

Employer:

Watson Manufacturing Co.

Religious denominations:

Church of England

Marital status:

Married

Age at enlistment:

Gallantry medals:

Yes

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Letters and documents

London Gazette: 31142
Date: January 24, 1919
Honour or Award: Military Medal
Authority: C.O. 1886, September 2, 1918
Name: William Johnson (772266)
Unit: 1st Battalion

BX December 2, 1918

Awarded Military Medal

Word was received at No. 9 Spring Street that Pte. William Johnson, 1st Canadian Battalion, France, that he has been awarded the Military Medal. He was badly bruised in the Vimy Ridge scrap, but recovered and went back to the line again. Pte. William Johnson left here with the 125th Battalion.

BX May 19, 1917

Mrs. Elizabeth Johnson, of 132 West Mill Street, received word yesterday that her husband, Private William Johnson, who went overseas with the first overseas battalion of the Dufferin Rifles, had been wounded and admitted to No. 3 Stationary Hospital at Wimereux. He is suffering from contusions from the effects of having been buried by the explosion of a shell. He formerly worked at Watson’s Mill.

BX March 4, 1963

William Johnson Sr., 79, of 63 Oak Street, died Monday in Brantford. Born at Thorne, near Doncaster, England, he had been a resident of Brantford for the past 50 years. Mr. Johnson was a spinner at Slingsby Manufacturing Co., for 43 years before retirement in 1956, and was a member of the Slingsby 25-year Club. Mr. Johnson was a veteran of the First World War, enlisting with the 125th Battalion, and serving overseas with the First Battalion. He received the Military Medal for valor on the battlefield. Mr. Johnson was a member of the 25-year Club of the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 90. He was also a member of the Rechabites of Rochdale Tent, of England, and a member of St. Paul’s Anglican Church, Brantford. Surviving are one son, William Jr., of New York; one brother, Fred of New Zealand; one sister, Mrs. Alethia Skykes of Rochdale, England; several nieces and nephews. Mr. Johnson is at Hill and Robinson Funeral Home until Wednesday noon. Service will be at St. Paul’s Anglican Church at 2 p.m. Rev. E.A. Horner will officiate.