WORLD WAR I
Bingham War Memorial
Service Record
| 351123 | Lieutenant Albert Sellors Johnson | [Cpl]London Regiment [Lt] 6th Worcestershire Regt [Lt] Machine Gun Corps |
| Medal Card | Entered France 25.1.17 Awarded Victory and British medals. |
Application for medals on 1/1/21, address given as: Pasco Colon 161 (Casilla 77) Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Officer records, National Archives | 4/1/15 Attested to Territorial Force for 4 yrs Appointed A/Cpl 6/7/15 as 351123 Substantive Cpl 26/1/17 Embarked 25/1/17, served for 4 ½ months Mother AEB Maltby. Address 7 Porchester Terrace, Bingham Educated Stockwell Orphanage, Clapham Rd, London SW Occupation : Dealer in English antiques Religion: Congregational Height: 5ft 10 ½ ins Chest 33 ½ to 35 ½ ins Vision and physical development: Good Application as an Officer Cadet – 15/6/17 Current unit: 2/7th London Regiment, attached to 174th Light Trench Mortar Battery BEF. Ref as to moral character from Rev. Hutt of Bingham & Rev. Frank Smith, Portway Villa, Warminster, Wilts 19/6/17 Ref from Commanding Officer 174th Light Trench Mortar Battery BEF: “Corporal Johnson has served with the battery since 25/1/1915 in France. He has done good work both in the line and out. He has proved himself highly efficient as a specialist and in general military work. I consider him a man of marked ability and considerable character and qualified to take up a commission in the Territorial Force as he desires” 10/8/17 Cpl Johnson accepted for admission to No. 21 Officer Cadet Bn. at Fleet, Hants 19/12/17 Appointed as 2/Lt in the 5th Bn. Worcesters (Gazetted 21/12/17) Service record given by War office to insurance company in 1914 (see below): 7th (City of London) Regt. 4/1/15 to 27/11/17 Temp commission as 2/Lt from 28/11/17 Transferred to the MGC 27/5/18 Promoted Lt 28/5/19 Demobilised 20/8/19 Relinquished commission 11/12/20 Home 4/1/15 to 25/1/17, embarking from Southampton to Le Havre BEF France 26/1/17 to 4/7/17 Home 5/7/17 to 27/11/17, when appointed to a commission 20/11/15 to 26/11/15 At hospital in Ipswich with pleurisy 21/7/17 Attached to 26th Training Reserve Brigade 2/11/18 Embarked Folkestone to Boulogne 13/11/18 Joined 14th Bn MGC 18/1/19 Attached to XXII Corps Educational school Protection Certificate (for an Officer repatriated overseas) recorded: Sailed SS Meteor 31/7/19 29th Bn MGC Furniture Salesman b. 1891 Married Address c/o Thompson Meubles LDA Florida 833, Buenos Aires Agent Cox & Co. 16 Charing CRoss SW1 |
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| Forces war records | With the 2/7th (City of London) Battalion He joined after the unit was formed in London Aug 1914 and then moved to Burgess Hill to join the 174th Brigade of the 58th Division. May 1915 Moved to Norwich and then Ipswich and then Stowmarket. Jan 1916 Moved to Sudbury and then on to Foxhall Heath, near Ipswich and then Sutton Veny. 25.01.1917 (same date as medal card) Mobilised for war and landed at Havre and engaged in various actions on the Western Front including; 1917 The pursuit of the German retreat to the Hindenburg Line, The Battle of Bullecourt, The actions of the Hindenburg Line, The Battle of the Menin Road Ridge, then he was sent to officer training. |
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| London Gazette | Discharged to commission 27/11/17; Commissioned 28th November
1917 2nd Lt, 6th Worcestershire Regt [Albert Sellors Hall Johnson] see London Gazette 21/12/17 transferred to 2nd Lt. MGC [Albert Sellors Hall Johnson] No service/pension records exist on Ancestry |
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| Roll of Honour | Served on the Western Front. | |
Family history etc
| Lieutenant Albert Sellors Johnson | |||
| 1891 | 25th July Born Bingham | ||
| 1889 | Marriage of Henry Johnson and Agnes Emily B Hall, Nottingham, Jun qtr. | Agnes Hall was the daughter of Samuel Hall who had owned/tenanted the Vaults and later sold the property to Henry Johnson. | 1889 |
| Census 1891 | Long Acre West Father, Henry Johnson, b. 1857 Mother, Agnes E. B, b 1865 in Nottinghamshire Arthur two servants and a barman |
wine spirit merchant (liquor Vaults) |
Henry & Agnes at the Vaults, Long Acre. Agnes’s name was Agnes Emily Barker Hall (born Bingham Sept 1865) before marriage. Her mother was Virginie Louise Dizi Sellors (later Simms then Hall). Her father was Samuel Hall, previous owner or tenant of The Vaults. |
| 1897 | Father Henry died Mar qtr. 1897 aged 39 | ||
| Census 1901 | Living at : Stockwell Orphanage, Clapham Rd, Stockwell, Lambeth Home & school for Fatherless children A home for fatherless boys was opened in Stockwell, London, in 1867, after donations were given to preacher Rev. Charles Haddon Spurgeon. The boys were to be given a Christian upbringing, in line with his suggestions for religious education advocated in an article appearing in C.H. Spurgeon's publication "The Sword and the Trowel" |
There were four Johnson brothers born between 1890 and
1895. After their father died in 1897 they were separated, and in 1901 were living apart: Arthur E (aged 11) with an Uncle on Long Acre, Bingham Albert S (aged 10) at Stockwell Orphanage Harry Hall (aged 8) at the home for Homeless boys, South Darenth, Horton Kirby, near Dartford, Kent Percy C (aged 6) with unmarried sisters Agnes (66), Margaret (78) & Eliza E Hall (69) in Market Place, Bingham. All four brothers served in World War I. Click on names to learn more. |
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| 1901 | Agnes living at Cheapside, Nottingham with: John D Battterham, b. 1866 Cockley Cley, Norfolk AND Thirteen assorted Drapers, dressmakers and milliners AND Two domestic staff |
Housekeeper Draper |
Batterham clearly had large premises to accommodate his employees. One of these was Harold Bertram Colam of Bingham who later served in WW1. |
| 1908 | FBMD Agnes Emily B Johnson married Thomas Maltby in Christchurch, Hampshire. | ||
| Thomas Maltby | 1901 West Bridgford, retired wines and spirits merchant b. Wandsworth 1893 Probably married Elizabeth Slack, Basford Dec qtr. 1893 1891 West Bridgford, Wine and Spirit Merchant b. Camberwell 1881 Hoveringham, Annuitant, b. Wandsworth, 1871 Hoveringham, Farmer 240 acres, b. Camberwell 1861 Manor House, Hoveringham, b. Surrey, Farmer 240 acres 1851 Hoveringham, Farmer 258 acres b. Surrey |
Wife: Elizabeth Maltby b. 1863 Nottinghamshire (d. Sep
qtr. 1901 Basford) Servant: Eliza Bacon Servant: Elizabeth Draper, b. 1860 Caythorpe Visitor: Lucy Draper b. 1871 Caythorpe Wife: Elizabeth Maltby, b.1818 City of London (d. March qtr.1893 Southwell) Servants: Elizabeth Draper, b. 1859 Caythorpe Emmeline Evaret, b. 1859 Gloucester Wife: Elizabeth b. 1816 London Son: Percy, b. 1850 Servants: Jane Roberts, Ann Walker Wife: Elizabeth Allen Maltby (neé Northcote), b. 1816 Tower Hill Servant: Fanny James Wife: Elizabeth b. 1816 Tower Hill Wife: Elizabeth, b. 1816 London Daughter: Percey Maltby, b. 1850 Servants: Jane Hall, Mary Smith |
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| 1911 | Agnes Maltby, b 1865 Bingham living at 78 Parkwood Road, Pokesdown nr Bournemouth with Husband: Thomas Maltby, b 1818 And: Cordelia Fudge, b 1886 Bournemouth |
Gentleman Servant general |
A note on the census enumeration form says they had been married three years. |
| Census 1911 |
Albert living at 9, Chapel Road, Kensington | Mercantile Clerk | |
| 1913 | 8/9/13 departed for Buenos Aires aged 22 on the “Highland Corrie” | clerk | |
| 1917 Dec qtr (FBMD) |
Albert S H Johnson married Ida G Gardner in Derby | She was living in Grantham Rd Bingham in the 1911 census with her brother Percy an electrical engineer | |
| 1919 | 31/7/19 departed UK for Argentina with wife Ida, aged 28 & 25 respectively, as one of a “repatriated officer and family” a/c Ministry of Shipping. | ||
| 1925 | Son David born | ||
| 1926 | 30/4/26: a request from the Ocean Accident and Guarantee
Corporation Ltd. Adelaide Place London EC4 to the War Office for his wartime
service record:- “We have an application to issue on behalf of Albert Sellors Hall Johnson a Fidelity Policy in the sum of £500. This gentleman is sailing for South America next Thursday”. |
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| 1939 | Alberto Sellors Hall Johnson is mentioned in an Argentinian
business digest: He worked for Babcock & Wilcox in Argentina. He is mentioned as a “sindico” for the firm in some Government papers. He is recorded as visiting the UK from Argentina in 1940, 1952 & 1956 Occupation: accountant with Babcock & Wilcox. |
“Sindico” translates as “Receiver”. Presumably an accounting role. | |
| 1939 | Agnes Emily Barker Maltby (mother) died on 3rd Jun 1939, Arthur, watch repairer, granted probate; estate £2131. | Agnes’ address was 3 Escourt Place, Bingham | |
| 1940 | Albert Sellors Hall Johnson arrived at London on the “Highland Princess” on 12/6/1940. He had joined in La Plata, Argentina. He was aged 49, accountant working for Babcock & Wilcox, London EC4 | ||
| August 1952 | Albert (aged 61) arrived at Tilbury on the “Highland Chieftain” from Buenos Aires, with wife Ida Gladys aged 58. His occupation was given as accountant and intended address to visit was 525 Rayners Lane, Pinner, Middx. | ||
| 1972 | died in Buenos Aires | ||