World War 1
Search the known records to date of those lost from the wider Alnwick area in World War 1
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Robert Worthington Johnson, DCM
Forename(s):
Robert Worthington
Surname:
Johnson, DCM
Initial(s):
R W
Service Number:
13760
Rank:
Company Sergeant Major
Regiment:
Norfolk Regiment, 8th (Service) Battalion)
Died:
21/10/1916
Aged:
32
Buried:
Thiepval Memorial
Service History:
Enlisted at St. Paul's Churchyard, Middlesex.
Awarded a Distinguished Conduct Medal, also 1914-1915 Star.
The UK, WW1 Service Medals & Awards Rolls, 1914-1920 (available via Ancestry.co.uk) records Johnson disembarking on 25 July 1915 - Brig. E. A. James, OBE, TD records the battalion disembarking at Boulogne.
'In Memory of the Fallen: Amble & surrounding area' (compiled by Jane Dargue, Jim Donnelly & Helen Lewis; Gloss Magazines Ltd.; 2014; page 15) records Johnson's DCM citation:
'For conspicuous gallantry on a number of occasions as a stretcher bearer, particularly on three specific occasions when he showed great bravery & coolness in tending & removing the wounded under heavy fire.'
Background:
Born at Southport, Lancashire.
The UK, Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929 (available via Ancestry.co.uk) records Johnson's father as Robert, possibly Robert H.
Local Memorial:
(Possibly) Acklington, St. John the Divine Church
Amble War Memorial
Amble, Dovecote Centre