Commonwealth War Graves Anomaly?

TO THE

MEMORY

OF

LEUT HAROLD RICHARD JOHNSON

NO 3 SQUADREN ROYAL FLYING CORPS

BORN DEC 18TH 1888

KILLED IN ACTION JAN 19 Th 1916

ERECTED BY HIS BROTHER OFFICERS

The Lapugnoy Military Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France beholds an abnormality within the Commonwealth War Graves system.

All the gravestones are supposed to be the exact same size and shape, just their inscriptions will be different.

I would love to know the full story behind the placement of this one.

Harold Richard Johnson was born in Tonbridge in 1889, the son of William and Isabel. In 1901 he lived at 124 Pembury Road but by 1911 he was living at Fulwich Road, Dartford and working as a telegraph linesman for the South Eastern and Chatham railway. On 11th December 1913 he obtained his aviator's certificate on a Caudron biplane at Hendon and was one of the first aviators to alight at Tonbridge at Cage Farm Meadow along with Mr. F Godden. He joined the Royal Flying Corps 3rd squadron as a Lieutenant and was involved in many air duels. On 19th January 1916 the plane crashed in high winds, killing him instantly.