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{{Personnel
|id=2418
|Surname and forenames=Johnson Joseph Edwin
|Army number=165875
|Rank=Lieutenant
|Age=24
|Unit=11DLI
|Died/Killed in action=27/6/1944 00:00:00
|Home address=Son of James Edwin and Alice Irene Johnson, Husband of Sylvia Chris Johnson, Seaburn.
|Source table=11DLI
}}

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 |Promotions=W/S/ Lt 28/6/1942.
 |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.  Married January 1942 to Sylvia Chris Townsend, Seaburn.
+|Home address=Resident of Sunderland.  Son of James Edwin and Alice Irene Johnson of Seaburn.  In the 1939 General Register was listed as an Architectural Student.  Married January 1942 to Sylvia Chris Townsend - registered in Sunderland.
 |Image Name=Johnson_J_E_11_DLI.JPG
 |Image Title=Lt J E Johnson's CWGC headstone.

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 |Army number=165875
 |Rank=Lt
-|Date of birth=Born Sunderland 1919/20.
+|Date of birth=Born Sunderland 11/12/1919 - registered January 1920 - mother's maiden surname Snowball.
 |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.
+|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 Battalion The Durham Light Infantry 27/6/1944.
 |Joined Brigade=9/10/1943.
-|Company/Battery=70th Bn - C Company then B Company.  11th Bn - C Company.
+|Company/Battery=70th Bn - C Company then B Company.  11th Battalion - C Company.
 |Platoon or other Sub-Unit=C Company - 13th Platoon.
 |Task or role=Duty Officer.  13th Platoon - Platoon Commander.
 |Promotions=W/S/ Lt 28/6/1942.
 |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.
+|Home address=Resident of Sunderland.  Son of James Edwin and Alice Irene Johnson.  Married January 1942 to Sylvia Chris Townsend, Seaburn.
 |Image Name=Johnson_J_E_11_DLI.JPG
 |Image Title=Lt J E Johnson's CWGC headstone.

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 |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.
 |Joined Brigade=9/10/1943.
-|Company/Battery=70th Bn - C Company then B Company.  No details available for 11th Bn.
+|Company/Battery=70th Bn - C Company then B Company.  11th Bn - C Company.
-|Task or role=Duty Officer.
+|Platoon or other Sub-Unit=C Company - 13th Platoon.
 |Promotions=W/S/ Lt 28/6/1942.
-|Died/Killed in action=27-Jun-44.
+|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.  Buried Grave IV. D. 7. Fontenay-le-Pesnel War Cemetery, Tessel.
+|Home address=Resident of Sunderland.  Son of James Edwin and Alice Irene Johnson, husband of Sylvia Chris Johnson, Seaburn.
 |Image Name=Johnson_J_E_11_DLI.JPG
 |Image Title=Lt J E Johnson's CWGC headstone.

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 |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.
+|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.
 |Joined Brigade=9/10/1943.
 |Company/Battery=70th Bn - C Company then B Company.  No details available for 11th Bn.
 |Task or role=Duty Officer.
 |Promotions=W/S/ Lt 28/6/1942.
-|Died/Killed in action=27-Jun-44
+|Died/Killed in action=27-Jun-44.
 |Home address=Resident of Sunderland.  Son of James Edwin and Alice Irene Johnson, husband of Sylvia Chris Johnson, Seaburn.  Buried Grave IV. D. 7. Fontenay-le-Pesnel War Cemetery, Tessel.
 |Source table=11DLI
 }}

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 |Army number=165875
 |Rank=Lt
 |Age=24
-|Unit=Durham Light Infantry - Emergency Commission as 2/Lt 28/12/1940, No 4 Infantry Training Centre, Posted 70th Bn DLI, Posted No 4 ITC, Posted 8th Bn DLI, Posted 11th Bn DLI 9/10/1943, KILLED in ACTION with 11th Bn Durham Light Infantry 27/6/1944.
+|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.  No details available for 11th Bn.
 |Died/Killed in action=27-Jun-44
-|Home address=Son of James Edwin and Alice Irene Johnson, Husband of Sylvia Chris Johnson, Seaburn.  Buried Grave IV. D. 7. Fontenay-le-Pesnel War Cemetery, Tessel.
+|Home address=Resident of Sunderland.  Son of James Edwin and Alice Irene Johnson, husband of Sylvia Chris Johnson, Seaburn.  Buried Grave IV. D. 7. Fontenay-le-Pesnel War Cemetery, Tessel.
 |Source table=11DLI
 }}

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 |Rank=Lieutenant
 |Age=24
-|Unit=11DLI
+|Unit=Durham Light Infantry, No 4 Infantry Training Centre, Posted 11th Bn DLI 6/4/1943, KILLED in ACTION with 11th Bn 27/6/1944.
-|Died/Killed in action=27/6/1944 00:00:00
+|Died/Killed in action=27-Jun-44
-|Home address=Son of James Edwin and Alice Irene Johnson, Husband of Sylvia Chris Johnson, Seaburn.
+|Home address=Son of James Edwin and Alice Irene Johnson, Husband of Sylvia Chris Johnson, Seaburn.  Buried Grave IV. D. 7. Fontenay-le-Pesnel War Cemetery, Tessel. Battalion records show his number as 165675.
 |Source table=11DLI
 }}