Sydney William (Holly) JOHNS

Extended Description
Private Sydney William (known as Holly) JOHNS No. 43742 10th Bn. King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Died 29 November 1917 aged 33

Formerly 177387 Royal Engineers.
Son of William and Emma Johns. In 1911 his mother was listed as widowed and resided at 177 Horninglow Road, Burton-upon-Trent and his occupation was given as a cooper with Bass & Co. Breweries. 2 August 1913 at St Chad's Church, Burton, he married Cecelia Beatrice Emery. She was granted a war gratutity 6 February 1919, revised 2 January 1920.

Commemorated at Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium.

Commemorated on a family headstone at

Horninglow St John Churchyard, Staffordshire.

Also on this headstone is his cousin Fred Rosewell -

Rifleman Fred ROSEWELL No. C/7565 18th Bn.
King's Royal Rifle Corps
Died 28 March 1918 aged 32
Son of Henry and Ann Rosewell. Born in Bristol.
In 1891 he resided with his parents and siblings at 74 Oxford Street, Bedminster and his father was an Inn Keeper.
Nephew of William and Emma Johns.
At rest at Bancourt British Cemetery, France.

Media information

Album
WW1 & WW11 PRIVATE COMMEMORATIONS
Added by
28TH61ST+ONE
Date added
View count
659
Comment count
2
Rating
5.00 star(s) 1 ratings

Image metadata

Filename
Johns_Holly JOHNS Horninglow_Staffs.JPG
File size
2.9 MB
Date taken
Thu, 07 December 2017 5:41 PM
Dimensions
1552px x 2116px

Share this media

Back
Top