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219306 Bmbdr. Wallace Johnson British Army 289th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery from:Margate, Kent (d.8th Jul 1917) Wallace Johnson is commemorated on a family grave cross in Hull Western Cemetery. In 1877 he was born at Howden, Yorkshire and later moved to Margate, Kent where he was teaching at the "Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb Children of the Poor" in 1901. Before the the outbreak of the Great War he had married and had two daughters. He enlisted at Margate in 1915 and served with the 289th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. He was killed in action on 8th July 1917. His body was interred in the Dickebusch New Military Cemetery Extension in Belgium. Please type your message:      We recommend you copy the text about this item and keep a copy on your own computer before pressing submit. Your Name:             Email Address:       @ **Please put first part of your email, (before the @ sign) in the first box, and the second part in the second box. Do not include @, it is automatic. Do not enter your full email in each box or add an @ sign or random spaces.**