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HARRY PORTER

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Rank
Private
Regiment
ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS 3RD NORTHUMBERLAND FIELD AMBULANCE BRIGADE
Military Number
1356
Address
73 Durham Street
Kingston upon Hull HU8 8RF
Background

BORN HULL 1889. ONLY SON OF WILLIAM & MINNIE PORTER, OF 35, CLARENDON STREET, HULL.

HIS WIFE, MARGARET H PORTER, LIVED AT 77, DURHAM STREET, HULL. A FORMER NER EMPLOYEE.

HE VOLUNTEERED FOR ACTIVE SERVICE WITH THE ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS. HE HAD BEEN IN FRANCE FOR 19 MONTHS. HE DIED OF WOUNDS WHILE RESCUING WOUNDED, ON THE 11/11/1916, AGED 27.

HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL

HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE RAMC ROLL OF HONOUR, WENLOCK BARRACKS, HULL.

Date Died
11/11/1916
Died
Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France
Age
27
Memorial
Rue d'Angleterre
Dernancourt 80300

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