This poppy cross was placed, along with many more, at Penkhull churchyard, Staffordshire on Remembrance Sunday 2014 to honour 75 villagers killed in the First World War. He is commemorated on the War Memorial in St Thomas Church, Penkhull.
JOHNSON William Henry Private 17313, C Company, 8th North Staffordshire Regiment died 18th November 1918 aged 20. He was the son of William and Alice of 14, East Street, Penkhull, Stoke-on-Trent. He is at rest in Grandcourt Road Cemetery, Grandcourt, Somme, France
