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Private George Peter Johnson
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Private George Peter Johnson

Birth
Thrapston, East Northamptonshire Borough, Northamptonshire, England
Death
21 Mar 1918 (aged 21)
France
Monument
Arras, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France Add to Map
Plot
Bay 10.
Memorial ID
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Casualty of the Great War, George was 21, and the eldest son. He served in the Royal Army Medical Corps; 8th Field Ambulance.

Service No: 60835.

He died 21st March 1918 but having no known grave, he is therefore commemorated on the ARRAS MEMORIAL Memorial Reference: Bay 10.

George worked for Mr. Nicholls, a butcher, after leaving school. He also took ambulance certificates at local classes. He enlisted in 1915 with the Royal Army Medical Corps, in Thrapston, and trained in Aldershot. He was part of the 8th Field Ambulance and served in Egypt and France. He was originally posted as "missing, believed killed" in France near Arras on March 21 1918. Confirmation came later that he had died.

His brother, Private Frederick William Johnson , also fell. He is interred in Thrapston Cemetery and George is remembered on his grave.

They were sons of of Frederick William and Mary Hannah Johnson of High St., Thrapston, Northants.
Casualty of the Great War, George was 21, and the eldest son. He served in the Royal Army Medical Corps; 8th Field Ambulance.

Service No: 60835.

He died 21st March 1918 but having no known grave, he is therefore commemorated on the ARRAS MEMORIAL Memorial Reference: Bay 10.

George worked for Mr. Nicholls, a butcher, after leaving school. He also took ambulance certificates at local classes. He enlisted in 1915 with the Royal Army Medical Corps, in Thrapston, and trained in Aldershot. He was part of the 8th Field Ambulance and served in Egypt and France. He was originally posted as "missing, believed killed" in France near Arras on March 21 1918. Confirmation came later that he had died.

His brother, Private Frederick William Johnson , also fell. He is interred in Thrapston Cemetery and George is remembered on his grave.

They were sons of of Frederick William and Mary Hannah Johnson of High St., Thrapston, Northants.

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