WORLD WAR I
Bingham War Memorial
Service Record
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Private Percy Cyril Johnson 10th Hussars (Prince of Wales’ Own) | Army Service Corps Machine Gun Corps |
born 1895 |
| Medal roll | Entered France 20.10.1915 Awarded Victory, British and 15 Star medals. |
Medals sent 22/4/25 to address B.S.A Police Geuelo (Gwelo) Southern Rhodesia |
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| Service Record | Enlisted in Hussars 14/8/14 Age: 19 yrs 30 days trade: clerk height: 5 ft 5 ½ ins; weight: 121 lbs; chest 34 ½ ins with 2 ½ ins expansion 5/1/15 joined ASC from 10th Hussars 10/1/16 wounded 12/1/16 Transfer to Rouen 4/2/16 transfer to England on H.S. Copenhagen 6/2/16 Cheltenham Park hospital in Cheltenham for 108 days from 6/2/16 to 23/5/16 – right shoulder Disembarked at Rouen 20/7/16 20/8/16 joined MG Squadron 9/9/16 transfer to MG Corps 1/12/17 Wounded in action 6/12/17 transfer to England on hospital ship St. Denis. Hospital for 141 days from 7/12/17 to 26/4/18 (Manchester?) – right leg 1/6/18 transfer to ASC Remounts [the unit that supplied horses] at Swaythling (Southampton) Transferred to reserve on demobilisation on 6/4/19. Address given as 2 Moor Lane, Bingham. |
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| Roll of Honour AVL |
Wounded twice on the Western Front; shown incorrectly
as18th Hussars AVL: Pte MGC, address 2 Moor Lane |
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Family history etc
| Private Percy Cyril Johnson | |||
| 1895 | (Sep qtr FREEBMD) Born Bingham. Baptism 15/8/95. | ||
| 1889 | Marriage of Henry Johnson and Agnes Emily B Hall, Nottingham, Jun qtr. | Agnes Hall was the daughter of Samuel Hall who had owned/tenanted the Vaults and later sold the property to Henry Johnson. | |
| Census 1891 | Family living in Long Acre West Father, Henry Johnson, b. 1857 Mother, Agnes E. B, b 1865 in Nottinghamshire Arthur two servants and a barman |
wine spirit merchant (liquor vaults) |
Henry & Agnes at the Vaults, Long Acre. Agnes’s name was Agnes Emily Barker Hall (born Bingham Sept 1865) before marriage. Her mother was Virginie Louise Dizi Sellors (later Simms then Hall). Her father was Samuel Hall, previous owner or tenant of The Vaults. |
| 1897 | Father Henry died Mar qtr 1897 aged 39 | ||
| Census 1901 | living in [The Limes],Market Place, Bingham with: Great Aunts: Agnes Hall, b. 1835 Duffield Margaret Hall, b. 1923 Stainsford Eliza E Hall, b. 1832 Duffield [Sisters of Samuel Hall, His daughter was Agnes Elizabeth who married Henry Johnson and was mother to the four Johnson brothers.] Note: Trade directories have Miss Hall living at The Limes in 1908. This is the white house on the corner of Market Place/Station Street. |
Boarding House Keeper Retired School Mistress Retired School Mistress |
There were four Johnson brothers born between 1890 and 1895. After their father died in 1897 they were separated, and in 1901 were living apart: Arthur E (aged 11) with an Uncle on Long Acre, Bingham Albert S (aged 10) at Stockwell Orphanage Harry Hall (aged 8) at the home for Homeless boys, South Darenth, Horton Kirby, near Dartford, Kent Percy C (aged 6) with unmarried sisters Agnes (66), Margaret (78) & Eliza E Hall (69) in Market Place, Bingham. Agnes, their mother, was housekeeper at John Batterham’s Nottingham drapers. All four brothers served in World War I. Click on names to learn more. |
| 1908 | 7th December 1908: Agnes Emily B Johnson married Thomas Maltby
in Christchurch Registry Office, Hampshire. Thomas was aged 89 and of no occupation Agnes was described as a widow. Both addresses were given as 78 Parkwood Road, Boscombe. She was age 42 and her deceased father’s occupation was Wine and Spirit Merchant. Thomas died aged 96 in Dec qtr 1913 in Christchurch. |
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| 1911 | Agnes Maltby, b 1865 Bingham living at 78 Parkwood Road, Pokesdown nr
Bournemouth with Husband: Thomas Maltby, b 1818 England And: Cordelia Fudge, b 1886 Bournemouth |
Gas stoker, no occupation (i.e. Retired) |
Servant general A note on the census enumeration form says they had been married three years. |
| Thomas Maltby | 1901 West Bridgford, retired wines and spirits merchant b. Wandsworth 1893 Probably married Elizabeth Slack, Basford Dec qtr. 1893 1891 West Bridgford, Wine and Spirit Merchant b. Camberwell 1881 Hoveringham, Annuitant, b. Wandsworth, 1871 Hoveringham, Farmer 240 acres, b. Camberwell 1861 Manor House, Hoveringham, b. Surrey, Farmer 240 acres 1851 Hoveringham, Farmer 258 acres b. Surrey |
Wife: Elizabeth Maltby b. 1863 Nottinghamshire (d. Sep qtr.
1901 Basford) Servant: Eliza Bacon Servant: Elizabeth Draper, b. 1860 Caythorpe Visitor: Lucy Draper b. 1871 Caythorpe Wife: Elizabeth Maltby, b.1818 City of London (d. March qtr.1893 Southwell) Servants: Elizabeth Draper, b. 1859 Caythorpe Emmeline Evaret, b. 1859 Gloucester Wife: Elizabeth b. 1816 London Son: Percy, b. 1850 Servants: Jane Roberts, Ann Walker Wife: Elizabeth Allen Maltby (neé Northcote), b. 1816 Tower Hill Servant: Fanny James Wife: Elizabeth b. 1816 Tower Hill Wife: Elizabeth, b. 1816 London Daughter: Percey Maltby, b. 1850 Servants: Jane Hall, Mary Smith |
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| Census 1911 |
Living at 334/348 Oxford Street, London (a hostel for staff of Marshall
& Snelgrove): Brother Harry was there too |
Drapery Assistant Draper’s clerk |
Over 100 staff were registered on the census return, implying that the firm had a hostel for staff accommodation. We have been unable to verify this. |
| AVL 1918 | Cyril Johnson at address 2 Moore Lane Bingham (same address as Harry Johnson) | ||
| 15th June 1936 | Passenger list from Balmoral Castle disembarking at Southampton from
Durban: Cyril Percy Johnson aged 40 (B.S.A.Police Rhodesia) with Helen Begg Johnson aged 25 Marian Olga Johnson aged 3 Robin Alwyn Johnson aged 1 Address given as 2 Escort Place, Bingham |
British South African Police. Son Robin served in the BSAP later. |
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| 1939 | Agnes Emily Barker Maltby (mother) died on 3rd Jun 1939, Arthur, watch repairer, granted probate; estate £2131. | Agnes’ address was 3 Escourt Place, Bingham | |
| 22nd June 1968 | Cyril Percy Hall Johnson died in Marandellas, Southern Rhodesia aged 75 | familysearch.org | |
| Magazine article | From a copy of the Natal Outpost of 2009, an extract written
by his son: “I discovered this original Outpost in my late father’s possessions. He obviously acquired same during his service in the police having joined the B.S.A.Coy Police on the 11/6/1919 after being demobbed from the first world war in which he served in The 10th Royal Hussars and The Machine Gun Corps. The main qualification for joining the Police at that time was that the applicant could ride a horse, in which he was well qualified as he had served in the Hussars. His Regt No. was 2065 .He retired on the 31/3/45 as a 1/Sgt having served the majority of his time in the district police. - Robin Johnson” |
Photo of Cyril from 1933 as a BSAP sergeant. (Natal Outpost Number 83) |
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