Johnson P.A. 2/Lt 89696
Personnel Entry
Name Johnson Patrick Adams
Army number 89696
Rank 2/Lt
Decorations
Date of birth
Age 0
Unit Durham Light Infantry - Commissioned 2/Lt 8th Bn 17/6/1939, Embodied 24/8/1939, Posted 11th Bn DLI 1/9/39, Posted 169 OCTU Course No 4 5/4/1940, Posted 11th Bn DLI, Iceland, With the Battalion on disbandment 26/8/1944, Trf Royal Warwickshire Regiment 30/9/1944, Posted 2nd Bn, Wounded 1945, Released as Hon Captain 1946. Captain 8th Bn DLI 1/5/1947. TARO - from Active List to be Captain 12/6/1948 - retaining seniority. Ceased TARO liability on age grounds 27/4/1965 - granted rank of Hon Captain.
Company/Battery A, HQ, D,
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Platoon Commander, Adjutant 1/6/1942, Company Commander 1/6/1943, WTO, D Company 2 i/c 15/7/1944.
Joined Brigade 01-Sep-39
Promotions W/S Lt 1/1/1941, T/Captain 1/8/1942
Wounded 1945 - exact date not known.
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action
Home address Son of E.A. Johnson, The Garden House, Brancepeth. Educated Durham School and Christ's College Cambridge (BA 1937). Solicitor with W.C. Ferens - became partner in the firm. Hill's House, Brancepeth.
Source table 11DLI
On the Battalion B.E.F. Nominal Roll at at 5/5/1940 2/Lt Johnson was shown as being in the UK (presumably at his OCTU Course).
