Ronald Lindsay Johnson · A/Capt. · † 1917 · Register of names Talbot House

Personal data

Name	Johnson
Initials	R.L.
Christian name	Ronald Lindsay
Date and place of birth	Dunham Massey, Altrincham; 24.09.1889
Family	Son of William Henry and Agnes Morton Johnson, of Altrincham, Cheshire.

Information 1: Educated at Eton and King's College, Cambridge
Information 2: Dispatched to the Sydney branch of the family business, Johnson, Clapham & Morris (metals, brass foundry, ironworks)

Rank	A/Capt.
Regiment / Unit	23rd Div. Trench Mortar Battery, R.F.A.
Date of death	29/05/1917
Age	27
Cemetery / Memorial	Brandhoek Military Cemetery (Vlamertinge), II.D.1; personal inscription: BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN HEART FOR THEY SHALL SEE GOD

Information 1: Killed in action
Information 2: 'The Johnson Lamp' - Cambridge Branch. Endowed in May 1920. First lit on 15.12.1922 at The Guildhall, London, by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales - "In memory of two brothers, William Morton Johnson, Capt., 16th Batt. Manchester Regt., Montauban, Somme, 2.7.1916. And of Ronald Lindsay Johnson, Capt., Trench Mortars, near Ypres, 28.5.1917 (sic). Also of their cousins, Bernard Angus Johnson, died near Basra, Jan. 1916, and of Howard Fyfe Johnson, killed entering Bagdad, 1917." Donated by their sister and cousin.
Information 3: 'The Morton and Ronald Lamp' - Altrincham Branch. Endowed on 28.07.1924. First lit on 13.12.1924 at The Memorial Hall, Farringdon Street, London, by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales. "In loving memory of Capt. W. Morton Johnson, 11th Manchester Regt. Montauban, 2.7.1916; and of Capt. Ronald L. Johnson, R.F.A. Near Ypres, 28.5.1917 (sic)." (Donated by their sister.)
Information 4: 'The Morton and Ronald Room' in Toc H hostel, Upper Park Road, Rusholme, Tameside, Greater Manchester