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241842 Capt. Leslie Johnson British Army 2nd Btn. Royal Northumberland Fusiliers from:Washington (d.31st May 1940) Leslie Johnson lived in and around Ashington and was engaged to Florence Nelless the daughter of a well-known family of farmers who all worked the land around Morpeth, Ashington, Whitley Bay in the pre-war years. He had been previously married and had a daughter from that marriage, sadly his wife died (details unknown) leaving him with a little girl. He became engaged to Florence Nelless before being called up and sent to France and Belgium with the B.E.F. In the retreat through the Belgium corridor his unit was called upon to carry out a rearguard action and he lost his life along with his men on or around Veurne, Belgium on 31st of May 1940. He and his men are buried in Veurne Cemetery. 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 type the first part our your email in the first box (eg. john.smith) the @ sign is added automaticallly, please type the second part in the second box (eg. gmail.com). Do not enter your full email in each box or add an @ sign or random spaces.** Please type in the code shown here:    If you are unable to read the code please click here. If you have received an error message for incorrect code, please click to refresh the code before resending. This should overcome the error message.