Private Edward Johnson

Army Number: 307710 (formerly 20500)

Battalion: 11th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Nottingham and lived at 73, Norton Street, Radford, Nottingham. Son of Thomas and Selina Johnson, of 20, Wimbourne Road, Radford, Nottinghamshire. He was a jacquard puncher prior to enlisting at Nottingham. He was killed in action, 16th September 1917, aged 21, during the attack near Zillebeke, Belgium.

Commemorated: Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium. Panel 99 to 102 and 162 to 162A.

Private Edward Johnson is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
St. Nicholas Church War Memorial, Nottingham.

His brother Private Ernest Johnson, 1st Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment, also fell in the Great War.