Johnson Joseph Edwin Lieutenant 165875

Personnel Entry

Lt J E Johnson's CWGC headstone.

Name Johnson Joseph Edwin
Army number 165875
Rank Lt
Decorations
Date of birth Born Sunderland 1919/20.
Age 24
Unit Durham Light Infantry - Emergency Commission as 2/Lt 28/12/1940. Posted to No 4 Infantry Training Centre, Brancepeth. Posted 70th Bn DLI. Re-posted to No 4 ITC. Posted 8th Bn DLI. Posted 11th Bn DLI 9/10/1943. Served Normandy. KILLED in ACTION with 11th Bn Durham Light Infantry 27/6/1944.
Company/Battery 70th Bn - C Company then B Company. 11th Bn - C Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Duty Officer. 13th Platoon - Platoon Commander.
Joined Brigade 9/10/1943.
Promotions W/S/ Lt 28/6/1942.
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action KILLED in ACTION 27-Jun-44 at Rauray. Initially interred at Rauray - Map 7F/! reference 889.656. Re-buried 30/4/1945 in Grave IV. D. 7. Fontenay-le-Pesnel War Cemetery, Tessel. Headstone inscription reads:- "I AM CONTINUALLY WITH THEE: THOU HAS HOLDEN ME BY MY RIGHT HAND".
Home address Resident of Sunderland. Son of James Edwin and Alice Irene Johnson, husband of Sylvia Chris Johnson, Seaburn.
Source table 11DLI

The McGregor Card Index shows Lt Johnson's Officer number to be 165675 - this appears to be a transcription error on the Card. His Battalion records also show his number as 165675, while both the London Gazette and CWGC have him as 165875. We have chosen to use this latter number.

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