Source: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland.
He was the son of William Henry Langham, a fancy hosiery manufacturer, born 1855 in Leicester and his wife Martha Elizabeth Langham (nee Brunt, married in the 4th quarter of 1885 in the Leicester district), born 1860 in Leicester. Harold Johnson was born in the 3rd quarter of 1891 in St. Peter’s, Leicester, his siblings were, William George, born 1886, Ethel M., born 1888 and Edith Annie, born 1890, all his siblings were born in Leicester, in March 1901 the family home was at 14, Kimberley Road, Leicester. In April 1911 Harold was absent from the family home at Dunton Bassett, Leics., residing there was his father, a hosiery manufacturer, his mother and siblings William, a hosiery manufacturer and Edith, a book keeper. Harold was employed as an insurance clerk and was residing as a boarder at 17, Turney Road, Dulwich, Lambeth, Surrey. On the 31st January 1920 the Wyggeston Grammar School for Boys in Leicester published a Roll of Honour in which Harold is shown to have been a pupil at the school between the years 1899 and 1907.