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Johnson family
published by on Fri, 18/10/2013 - 7:42

Still trying to find any additional information on Reverend Thomas Gilpin Johnson, his wife Ellen and their children Helen Howard Johnson, Thomas Norman Howard Johnson and Dorothy Millicent Howard Johnson.

Since my last contact I have come across the enlistment papers of Thomas jnr in June 1913. Believe he was still living with his parents and gives their address as 16 Churchill road Weston-super-Mare.
I am a little confused as the papers say he enlisted into the Grenadier Guard in June 1913 and then was discharged on 25 August 1913 with payment of Â£10.
When he was killed in action in 1917 Flanders he was in the 9th Devonshire Regiment

Regards Fiona

Comments ..

Submitted by Pat Hase on Fri, 18/10/2013 - 21:03

It is slightly more confusing because the medal card for Thomas Norman Howard JOHNSON lists him as a Private and with two Service Numbers

Gloucestershire Regiment 5479

Devonshire Regiment 33633

It looks as if he must have enlisted again at the outbreak of WW1 following his short spell in the Grenadier Guards in 1913 - but as yet I haven't located these later enlistment papers.

Is there anyone with a better knowledge of Military research able to offer advice?

Submitted by on Mon, 18/11/2013 - 0:38

Hi have found a little more info on the Johnson family, hoping it may help to find something of their lives in Weston-super-Mare.

Thomas Gilpin Johnson died Ireland 1916 address on Probate 12 Severn Road W-S-M
Thomas Norman Howard Johnson died France 1917 address on probate York Hotel W-S-M
Ellen Johnson (nÃ©e Howard) died 20 December 1920 at the Cliffansty nursing home W-S-M
Address on probate York Hotel W-S-M.
Probate London 4 March 1921 to Dorothy Millicent Howard Johnson spinster and the Public Trustee. Effects Â£7121 - 4s - 2d

Ellen was from a very well off family in Lancashire but seems she lived in Weston-super-Mare for at least 5 or 6 years and had plenty of money of her own.
Can anyone find anything on her please
Fiona