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W.E. Johns

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W.E. Johns


Born
in Bengeo, Hertfordshire, England, The United Kingdom
February 05, 1893

Died
June 21, 1968

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Invariably known as Captain W.E. Johns, William Earl Johns was born in Bengeo, Hertfordshire, England. He was the son of Richard Eastman Johns, a tailor, and Elizabeth Johns (née Earl), the daughter of a master butcher. He had a younger brother, Russell Ernest Johns, who was born on 24 October 1895.

He went to Hertford Grammar School where he was no great scholar but he did develop into a crack shot with a rifle. This fired his early ambition to be a soldier. He also attended evening classes at the local art school.

In the summer of 1907 he was apprenticed to a county municipal surveyor where he remained for four years and then in 1912 he became a sanitary inspector in Swaffham, Norfolk. Soon after taking up this appointment, his father died
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“One of the most delightful things about a garden is the anticipation it brings.”
W.E. Johns

“Congratulations flew fast and furious when Major Mullen’s squadron landed, for it had unquestionably been one of the most successful ‘shows’ ever undertaken by the squadron.”
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“The first man who puts a foot past that next rock will meet a small piece of nickel coated lead coming the other way. Got that?”
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