Identity
Person No.
11306
Service No.
Unknown
Last Name
First Name
Percy Clarkson
Initials
P C
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
40
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,779
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, by machine gun fire which hit him in the stomach while scouting for new positions
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Memorial
Memorial
Location
Just inside the entrance to the Victoria Falls World Heritage Site, Livingstone, Zambia
Address
Coordinates
Panel
On the panel
Position on the panel will be added with photographs
Notes
Son of Helen Johnson, of 9, Cranley Place, South Kensington, London, and the late James Clarkson Johnson; husband of Marie Johnson, of Namilongwi, Pemba, Northern Rhodesia. Served in the South African Campaign, retiring with the rank of Captain.
Research notes
13 Sep 2026: Northern Rhodesia Great War Memorial, Victoria Falls ("Cenotaph") -- Names "Lieut P.C. Johnson, Manch R" -- this record's Second Lieutenant, Manchester Regiment, 8th Bn. is consistent (plaque abbreviates the rank). Named on the memorial's Great War 1914-1918 plaque.
Citations
Unknown
External References
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Northern Rhodesia Great War Memorial (Cenotaph, Victoria Falls)
open source ↗
Northern Rhodesia Great War Memorial, Victoria Falls
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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