Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres.

The 4th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment were formed in August 1914 in Northallerton.
They became part of the 150th Brigade, 50th (Northumbrian) Division.
After landing at Boulogne on the 16th April 1915, the Division took part in most of the actions on the Western Front
The Division fought in the The Battle of Bellewaarde - 24th and 25th May 1915 in the Second Ypres campaign.
Thomas Johnson was killed in action at this time. His death was was among the first of over 900 the 4th Battalion were to suffer during the course of the War.
The Menin Gate bears the names of around 55,000 UK and Commonwealth men who died in the Ypres battles and have no known grave.