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Pte. R. Johnson

Name & Rank	Rifleman Richard Fisher Johnson
Unit	No. C/12452, B Company, 21st (Yeoman Rifles) Bn., King's Royal Rifle Corps.
How & When Died	Died of Wounds, 30 September 1916.
Age, if known	23 years.
Next of Kin details	Third son of Agnes Jane and the late Edmund Johnson, of Lower Barnbow Farm, Scholes, Leeds.
Commemoration Details	Buried in All Saints Churchyard, Barwick in Elmet, Leeds.
Other Information / Remarks	Richard Johnson was grievously wounded with a gunshot wound to the spine which resulted in paraplegia. The news of his wounding was announced in the Yorkshire Evening Post. Richard Johnson Died of his wounds at Netley Military Hospital, near Southampton, Hampshire. He was born in Driffield, Yorkshire, and enlisted in York. His brother, Frank, also died in the war. The 21st Bn. KRRC was subtitled the Yeoman Rifles. The battalion was raised in 1915 by Charles, Earl Feversham from volunteers from farming communities across Yorkshire, Co. Durham and Northumberland. The Earl commanded the battalion and was killed leading it in October 1916. The future Earl of Avon and one time Prime Minister, Anthony Eden was the battalion's Adjutant and won a Military Cross with the battalion.
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