Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion, Manchester Regiment. Died of wounds received in action on the Somme 15 July 1916. Aged 26. Born 6 March 1890 in Saffron Walden. Educated Caterham School and Emmanuel College, Cambridge. Son of Richard Alexander Johnson and Eliza Bennett Johnson, of 40, Church St., Saffron Walden, Essex. His brother Owen Bennett Goold Johnson also fell (see below). Buried in BOUZINCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Somme, France. Plot I. Row B. Grave 8. See also Emmanuel College, Cambridge.

Extract from De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour 1914-1918, volume 4, page 94:

JOHNSON, DONALD FREDRIC GOOLD, Lieut., 2nd Battn. (96th Foot) The Manchester Regt., yst. s. of the Rev. Richard Alexander Johnson, B.A., of 40, Church Street, Saffron Waldron, Congregational Minister, by his wife, Eliza Bennett, dau. of John Tregellas Goold; b. Saffron Walden, co. Essex, 6 March, 1890; educ. Caterham School, and Emmanuel College, Cambridge; volunteered for foreign service after the outbreak of war, and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. The Manchester Regt. 24 March, 1915; promoted Lieut. in March, 1916; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 5 Dec. following, and was killed in action at the Somme 15 July, 1916. Buried in Bouzincourt Military Cethetery. The Colonel wrote: "He was a plucky man, and had already done most excellent work, for which his name was going forward for recognition. We have lost some of our best officers, and your son was one of them," and his Company Commander "I must send you my tribute to the memory of one of nature's gentlemen. No matter the difficulties, he undertook every duty with patience and thoroughness. His bravery and devotion to duty meant much to all ranks." While at Emmanuel College, where he had a brilliant career, he graduated in due course in honours in the Historical and Medieval and Modern Languages Triposes; won the Chancellor's Gold Medal for English Verse in 1914, and was rewarded a Research Scholarship. His Tutor wrote of him: "He was one of the best men at Emmanuel in my time, in character as in attainments." Unm.

[Listed as MALLYON in records and newspaper and on SDGW and CWGC but MALLION on memorial] Private 17109, 8th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 1 November 1916. Born Hadstock, Essex, enlisted Saffron Walden. In the 1901 census he was aged 8, born Hadstock, Essex, son of William and Alice Mallyon, resident Knox End, Ashdon, Saffron Walden, Essex. In the 1911 census he was aged 18, born Hadstock, Essex, a Horseman on farm, son of William and Alice Mallyon, resident Little Walden Hill, Saffron Walden, Essex. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 1 C and 2 A.

Private SE/6852, Convalescent Horse Depot, Royal Army Veterinary Corps. Died in service 9 May 1917. Aged 42. Born Saffron Walden, Essex, enlisted Colchester, Essex. Son of William and Martha Rushforth, of Saffron Walden; husband of Mary Ann Rushforth, of 16, London Rd., Saffron Walden, Essex. Buried in GOURNAY-EN-BRAY COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Seine-Maritime, France.

AND FOR PERPETUAL REMEMBRANCE OF
THOSE OTHER VICTOR HEROES WHO FELL
IN THE WAR FOR FREEDOM 1939 - 1945

Petty Officer Supply P/MX 59640, H.M.S. Dunedin, Royal Navy. Died 24 November 1941. Aged 21. Born 25 April 1920 in Great Shelford, Cambridgeshire. Son of Archie William and Ada E. Andrews, of Saffron Walden, Essex. No known grave. Commemorated on PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire. Panel 57, Column 2.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1942:

ANDREWS Dennis Raymond of 15 Mount Pleasant-road Saffron Walden Essex died 24 November 1941 on war service Administration Ipswich 7 October to Archie William Andrews baker.
Effects £339 4s. 5d.

Writer C/MX 86876, H.M.S. Avenger, Royal Navy. Died at sea 15 November 1942. Born 6 January 1911 in Saffron Walden. Birth registered in the January to March Quarter 1911 in Saffron Walden Registration District, Essex. In the 1921 census he was aged 10, born Saffron Walden, Essex. No known grave. Commemorated on CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL, Kent. Panel 64, Column 1.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1943:

LAND Cyril Allen of 65 Dunmow-road Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire died on or since 15 November 1942 on war service Probate Llandudno 22 February to Phyllis Kathleen Land widow. Effects £1045 16s. 8d.

Corporal 6024571, 4th Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment. Died 21 November 1944. Aged 31. Son of Alfred and Florence Beatrice Salmon, of Stansted, Essex; husband of Muriel Amanda Salmon, of Linford Essex. Buried in REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. Plot 47. Row E. Grave 1.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1945:

SALMON Alfred Charles of 31 Bridge-street Saffron Walden Essex died 21 November 1944 on war service Administration Ipswich 28 February to Muriel Amanda Salmon widow.
Effects £192 4s 3d.

First Radio Officer, S.S. Hoihow (London), Merchant Navy. Died at sea, probably drowned, when his ship was torpedoed between Mauritius and Tamatare 2 July 1943. Aged 26. Born 21 Dece,ber 1916 in Abbottabad, Bengal, North West Frontier Province, India. Baptised 7 January 1917 in SAbbottabad, Bengal, North West Frontier Province, India. on of William Alfred and Bessie Millicent Thorne, of Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex. Last place of abode Saffron Walden. No known grave. Commemorated on TOWER HILL MEMORIAL, London. Panel 57.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1944:

THORNE Harold Alfred of 24 Mandevill-road Saffron Walden Essex died on or since 2 July 1943 at sea Adminstration Llandudno 19 September to William Alfred Thorne retired official. Effects £531 0s. 3d.