Huthwaite War Memorial Project

JOHNSON W.R. 3944

Robert William Edward Johnson

Corporal 3944 - Sherwood Foresters
Notts Derby Regiment 5th Battalion

Killed in Action Flanders 24th August 1916 : Aged 19

Bellacourt Military Cemetery, Riviere - I C 2

Born in Hucknall Huthwaite c1897; correctively and then more fully named a son of Robert William and Harriett Johnson. Young Robert enlisted at Alfreton, where parents then held Derbyshire addressing of 19 Nuttall Street.

Additional Referencing and Links

Commonwealth War Graves Commission Confirming fuller Identification.

Soldiers who died in the Great War 1914 - 1919 ROBERT JOHNSON, born Huthwaite, enlisted Alfreton. Corporal, 3944 1st./5th. Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regt.) Killed in action, France and Flanders, 24th. August, 1916.