JOHNSON

		Sources
		CWGC	SDGW	Uttoxeter Advertiser	Other
Parents	Frederick Johnson of Uttoxeter	Yes			1
Parents	Late Mr. Johnson			4b
Where born	Lewisham, Kent		Yes		1
When born	About 1884 or 18855				6
Address	Uttoxeter, Staffordshire				1
	Wife: Ivy Cottages, Dove Leys, Rocester, Stafford.	Yes
	Woodgate, Uttoxeter (Wife)			4b	1
	Heath Cross Nurseries, (Parents)			4b	1
Spouse	Ethel Rock (formerly Johnson)	Yes
Spouse	Mrs. Johnson			4b	1
Children
Employment Before Joining up
Where enlisted	Uttoxeter		Yes		1
When Enlisted	August 1914				1
Regiment	North Staffordshire (Prince of Wales’s)	Yes	Yes	4b	1
Unit	1^st/6^th Bn.	Yes	Yes
	1/6^th (T.F.) Bn				1
	‘D’ Company				7
Rank	Private		Yes		1
	Corporal			4b
	Lance Corporal	Yes			7
Service Number	240446	Yes			1, 7
Date of Death	28 September 1918	Yes	Yes	4b	1, 7
Age at time of death	33			4b
Age at time of death	34	Yes
Where Killed or died	Aisne - Bellenglise
Where Killed or died	France/Flanders		Yes
How he died	Killed in Action		Yes	4b	1, 7
Location of Grave or Memorial	Bellicourt Cemetery Grave III. D. 9.	Yes
Location of Grave or Memorial	Uttoxeter Town War Memorial				1
Awards

Martin joined the North Staffords a few days after war was declared^4band went through the Irish Rebellion before going to France^4b.

In January 1917 he spent a period of leave at home before returning to the front¹.

A friend (Corporal Dale) wrote the following from the front^4b:

“Martin played havoc amongst the enemy with his Lewis gun, and his death was instantaneous. He was buried with his pals in the English Cemetery just behind the firing line.. He was a 'true Britisher to the very last' and was just about to take up a commission”.