Ernest Johnson
Memorial: South Gloucestershire war dead not on a local memorial
Regiment: Royal Army Medical Corps
Rank and number: Private 439107
Parents: Mother Louisa Johnson, Grandparents Isaac and Caroline Johnson
Home address: 95 Two Mile Hill Road, Kingswood, Bristol
Pre-war occupation: Apprentice at Pountney & Co. Ltd, Pottery, Fishponds, Bristol
Date of birth: 1896
Place of birth: Kingswood, Bristol
Date of death: 01/10/1917
Buried/Commemorated at: Buried at Duhallow A.D.S. Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Not commemorated on a local memorial
Age: 20
Further information:
Ernest was born in Kingswood to Louisa one of two daughters of Isaac and Caroline. When Ernest was aged 3 his mother married and left Ernest to be raised by his grandparents. Isaac was a miner and he and Caroline also had three sons who lived with them when Ernest was a child.
Ernest enlisted in the territorial force in May 1913 at the age of 17 and a half and was described as 5' 7¾ " tall and of good physical development. In August 1916 he was passed as fit for general service and posted to Rouen as part of the medical team stationed at the 21st casualty clearing station near Amiens. He was killed in the course of his duty, a year later and the cemetery where he is buried was sited adjacent to the Dulhallow Advanced Dressing Station. Included among Ernest’s personal effects, sent to his grandmother after his death, were a book of poems and a whistle.
Enest's Regiment was the 1st/3rd South Midland Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
This information has been provided by Sarah Hands, Volunteer Researcher for the South Gloucestershire War Memorials Web Site.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
https://www.cwgc.org/
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/
https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/