Basic Details
Surname
Johnson
Forenames
C W
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative forename
Charles Wilfred
Served or died
Died
Service number
16862
Notes
The Roll lists his address as 65 New Road.

(CWGC records that Private C W Johnson, regimental number 16862, died aged 20 on 5/10/1915 serving in 7th Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment, and is buried in grave VII.D.23 at Cologne Southern Cemetery. They record him as a native of Croft, Lincolnshire, and the son of Mr C.E and Mrs E Johnson of 41 Normanton Road, East Park Road, Leicester. Soldiers Died in the Great War record him as Charles Wilfred Johnson, a native of Croft who had enlisted in Peterborough. The Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects record that he died at Fortress Hospital, Schules, Cologne, and that his father Charles was his legatee. The Probate Index records that Probate in respect of Private Charles Wilfred Johnson, 7th Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment, of 54 New Road, Peterborough, was granted to Charles Edward Johnson, retired head teacher).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Northants Regt
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
7th
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Pte
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
Germany
Town of death
Cologne
Country of burial
Not Stated on Memorial
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1915
Month of death
October
Day of death
5
Manner of death as stated
"Died of wounds whilst a Prisoner of War at the Fortress Hospital, Kaiserim, Augusta, Cologne"
Manner of death reference
Died of Wounds
Personal Details
Address
65, NEW ROAD
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial