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Pte. Harry Johnson
Royal Navy 2nd Battalion Royal Marine Light Infantry
from:1 Cardigan Road, Thornhill Lees
(d.27th Mar 1918)
Harry Johnson enlisted in Dewsbury on the 7th of September 1914 aged 19years and 70 days, as a Private in the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. On the 16th of September he transferred to a Short-Service with the Royal Marine Light Infantry and was posted to the Plymouth Battalion. He went overseas with the Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force on the 16th of February 1915. On the 25th of October 1915 he was suffering from Diarrhoea and left his battalion. Having recovered he joined 8th Entrenching Battalion on the 13th of September 1916, he joined 2nd Royal Marine Battalion on the 18th of December 1917.