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Three: Lieutenant H. E. Johnson, Devonshire Regiment, later Indian Army Service...
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Three: Lieutenant H. E. Johnson, Devonshire Regiment, later Indian Army Service Corps
British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. H. E. Johnson); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, N.W. Persia (Lieut. H. E. Johnson.) good very fine (3) £300-£400
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Henry Edward Johnson was born at Ugbrook, Chudleigh (the Residence of Lewis Henry Hugh Clifford, 9th Baron Clifford of Chudleigh) in 1892, the son of Lord Clifford’s coachman. He attested at Newton Abbot on 8 September 1914 for the 5th (Territorial) Battalion Devonshire Regiment as a Private soldier and gave as his occupation ‘Interpreter’. Embarking with the 1/5th Battalion on 9 October 1914 they disembarked at Bombay before moving by rail to Multan in November 1914. Posted to the Agra Ordnance Depot on 21 October 1916 he was discharged to a Commission in the Indian Army Reserve of Officers, Supply and Transport Branch, on 6 September 1917 and was promoted Lieutenant on 6 October 1918. Posted to the 3rd Divisional Supply Column in 1919 he served in North West Persia between 10 August and 31 December 1920. Shown in the 1921 Census as a Lieutenant, Indian Army Retired, his General Service Medal with clasp N.W. Persia appears on the Indian Army Service Corps roll dated 24 May 1924.
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British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. H. E. Johnson); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, N.W. Persia (Lieut. H. E. Johnson.) good very fine (3) £300-£400
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Henry Edward Johnson was born at Ugbrook, Chudleigh (the Residence of Lewis Henry Hugh Clifford, 9th Baron Clifford of Chudleigh) in 1892, the son of Lord Clifford’s coachman. He attested at Newton Abbot on 8 September 1914 for the 5th (Territorial) Battalion Devonshire Regiment as a Private soldier and gave as his occupation ‘Interpreter’. Embarking with the 1/5th Battalion on 9 October 1914 they disembarked at Bombay before moving by rail to Multan in November 1914. Posted to the Agra Ordnance Depot on 21 October 1916 he was discharged to a Commission in the Indian Army Reserve of Officers, Supply and Transport Branch, on 6 September 1917 and was promoted Lieutenant on 6 October 1918. Posted to the 3rd Divisional Supply Column in 1919 he served in North West Persia between 10 August and 31 December 1920. Shown in the 1921 Census as a Lieutenant, Indian Army Retired, his General Service Medal with clasp N.W. Persia appears on the Indian Army Service Corps roll dated 24 May 1924.
Sold with copied service records and other research.
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Three: Lieutenant H. E. Johnson, Devonshire Regiment, later Indian Army Service Corps
British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. H. E. Johnson); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, N.W. Persia (Lieut. H. E. Johnson.) good very fine (3) £300-£400
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Henry Edward Johnson was born at Ugbrook, Chudleigh (the Residence of Lewis Henry Hugh Clifford, 9th Baron Clifford of Chudleigh) in 1892, the son of Lord Clifford’s coachman. He attested at Newton Abbot on 8 September 1914 for the 5th (Territorial) Battalion Devonshire Regiment as a Private soldier and gave as his occupation ‘Interpreter’. Embarking with the 1/5th Battalion on 9 October 1914 they disembarked at Bombay before moving by rail to Multan in November 1914. Posted to the Agra Ordnance Depot on 21 October 1916 he was discharged to a Commission in the Indian Army Reserve of Officers, Supply and Transport Branch, on 6 September 1917 and was promoted Lieutenant on 6 October 1918. Posted to the 3rd Divisional Supply Column in 1919 he served in North West Persia between 10 August and 31 December 1920. Shown in the 1921 Census as a Lieutenant, Indian Army Retired, his General Service Medal with clasp N.W. Persia appears on the Indian Army Service Corps roll dated 24 May 1924.
Sold with copied service records and other research.
British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. H. E. Johnson); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, N.W. Persia (Lieut. H. E. Johnson.) good very fine (3) £300-£400
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Henry Edward Johnson was born at Ugbrook, Chudleigh (the Residence of Lewis Henry Hugh Clifford, 9th Baron Clifford of Chudleigh) in 1892, the son of Lord Clifford’s coachman. He attested at Newton Abbot on 8 September 1914 for the 5th (Territorial) Battalion Devonshire Regiment as a Private soldier and gave as his occupation ‘Interpreter’. Embarking with the 1/5th Battalion on 9 October 1914 they disembarked at Bombay before moving by rail to Multan in November 1914. Posted to the Agra Ordnance Depot on 21 October 1916 he was discharged to a Commission in the Indian Army Reserve of Officers, Supply and Transport Branch, on 6 September 1917 and was promoted Lieutenant on 6 October 1918. Posted to the 3rd Divisional Supply Column in 1919 he served in North West Persia between 10 August and 31 December 1920. Shown in the 1921 Census as a Lieutenant, Indian Army Retired, his General Service Medal with clasp N.W. Persia appears on the Indian Army Service Corps roll dated 24 May 1924.
Sold with copied service records and other research.
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