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Peter Johnson

Details

Forename Peter
Surname Johnson
Middle Name
Memorial UpHolland Cenotaph
Age 46
Address 38 Mill Lane, Hall Green, UpHolland (wife)
Parents' Address Spencer Lane, UpHolland (mother)
Township Wigan
Rank Private
Occupation or place of work Coal miner hewer
Regiment Lancashire Fusiliers 1st Batt
Day of Death 4
Month of Death June
Year of Death 1915
Cause of Death Killed in action
Place of Burial 12 Trees Copse Cemetery, Gallipoli
Regiment Number 6644
Name of War First World War
Location
Additional Information Husband of Catherine Elizabeth.
Veteran of South African and Sudan campaigns.
One of 6 brothers who all enlisted.
Born in Bickerstaffe.
UpHolland men on active service WO 23/10/15

Ref; CWGC, Ancestry, UpHolland research and WO 31/7/15