Name
William Johnson
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
27/12/1917
24
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
200907
Bedfordshire Regiment
1st Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
RAMLEH WAR CEMETERY
X. 8.
Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Hitchin Town Memorial,
St Mary's Church Roll of Honour, Hitchin,
Not on the Walsworth memorials
Pre War
He was the son of James and Elizabeth Johnson of Arlesey, Bedfordshire. He was married to Margaret later Worbey of Walsworth, Hitchin.
He resided in Hitchin but enlisted in Bedford.
Wartime Service
William was posted to the 1/5th Battalion of the Regiment with the Regimental Number 200907. He died in Palestine of pneumonia in No. 147 Field Ambulance, Ramleh.
He was buried in Row 10, Grave 8 in the Ramleh Military Cemetery, Palestine (now Israel) on the 29th December 1917.
Additional Information
Margaret remarried and became Margaret Worbey of Walsworth, Hitchin, Herts.
Acknowledgments
Adrian Dunne, David C Baines, Jonty Wild
