 Johnson was educated at Camden Street Junior School and Loughborough Grammar School . Johnson 's uncle , Edgar Charles Rossell , who had won the Military Cross with the Royal Fusiliers in 1916 , paid for Johnson 's education at Loughborough . According to his brother Ross , during his time there , Johnson was nearly expelled after refusing punishment for a misdemeanour , believing it to be unjustified : " he was very principled and simply dug his heels in " . Among Johnson 's hobbies and interests were shooting and sports ; he shot rabbits and birds in the local countryside . 
