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Description: | Frederick Percy Johnson
Frederick Percy Johnson was born in Stapleford, Nottinghamshire, on 2 December 1891. He volunteered for the Royal Navy in January 1908 and spent a brief period at HMS Ganges, the Royal Naval Training Establishment at Shotley in Suffolk. He was invalided out of the Royal Navy in March 1908 and joined the Merchant Navy. He subsequently served as a page boy on the SS Tagus, a passenger and cargo liner on the Southampton-West Indies route.
At the outbreak of the First World War, Frederick Johnson rejoined the Royal Navy and trained as an air mechanic. He served with the Armoured Car Section of the Royal Naval Air Service and was then sent to William Foster & Company of Lincoln, where he appears to have worked on the tank development programme.
Frederick Johnson returned to Lincoln after the war, living at 16 Trollope Street. He was employed by the Transport Department of Lincoln Corporation and received a number of awards for safe driving.
Charles Ernest Johnson
Charles Ernest Johnson, the son of Frederick Johnson, was born in Lincoln on 29 June 1922. He served in the Royal Artillery during the Second World War and saw active service in the Middle East. After the war he worked for the City of Lincoln Electricity Department. | Subjects: | Country Estates Manor Courts | Temporal: | 1908-1952 | Source: | Lincolnshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... | Go to resource |
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