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This is very exciting news. This is not actually MY family, but that of my son-in-law. His great grandfather was  William Johnson who died in 1917 near Poperinge. Several years ago I was contacted by Gord Jarrett in Canada whose grandmother was Agnes Mary Johnson. He had been trying to trace the men in the family who had all tragically died in the war. He had had success with Bernard and William but not with Walter. Between us we have scoured websites looking for more information. It was he who provided the family story of a wife and daughter named Agnes Roberts. But we had never got any further. I shall be sending him your reply and am happy to correspond further with you if you would like to send me a personal message via my username

We have been trying to trace more WW1 info re this member of the family for some time. He was born Dec 1890 in Nottingham to William and Mary Ann Johnson. In the 1911 census I think he is at Pembroke Dock as a soldier with the 2nd battalion Welch Regiment. We know he was then involved in WW1 - a picture is attached - the only one we have. Family lore goes that he signed up under a false name, that he survived, returned to Nottingham badly injured with woman and daughter who may go under the name of Agnes Roberts.
My question is - if he was in the 2nd battalion Welch Regiment in 1911 would he have been likely to have stayed with them and gone to war with the same company (he is listed as Walter Johnson in 1911 so no false name there), and is there any way of tracing him from 1911 onwards? 2 of his other brothers were killed and they have been easy to find! - this one is a real brick wall.