Walter Johnsey (c.1890-1916)

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Walter Johnsey

Huddersfield's Roll of Honour: 1914-1922

The following extract is from Huddersfield's Roll of Honour: 1914-1922 (2014) by J. Margaret Stansfield:

JOHNSEY, WALTER. Private. No 14341. 8th Battalion Duke of Wellington's Regiment. Born Lindley, Huddersfield. Adopted son of Mr and Mrs Gray, Ivy Cottage, Farnley Tyas. Employed by Messrs J. Hoyle and Son, Longwood. Enlisted 14.10.1914. Had served in Gallipoli. Embarked for France in June, 1916. Killed in action, 14.9.1916, aged 26 years. Has no known grave. Commemorated THIEPVAL MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING.
ROH:- Farnley Tyas War Memorial; Thurstonland War Memorial.

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