The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private F Porter

Private Frederick PORTER, G/5360, 8th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, death presumed on or after, 26th September 1915, age 31.

Born Tonbridge, Kent, son of Matthew and Jane Porter, of 162, Shipbourne Road, Tonbridge, Kent.

1911 Census - 162, Shipbourne Road, Tonbridge, Kent - Matthew Porter, head, age 70, married, jobbing gardener, own account, born Tonbridge, Kent; Jane Porter, wife, age 66, married 46 years, 10 children, 7 still alive, born St Martins, London; William Lidlow, son, age 40, single, general labourer, worker, born South Lambeth, London; Matthew Porter, son, age 31, single, general labourer, worker, born Tonbridge, Kent; Fred Porter, son, age 27, single, jobbing gardener, own account, born Tonbridge, Kent; Matilda Porter, daughter, age 29, single, steam laundry ironer, worker, born Tonbridge, Kent.

Enlisted Tonbridge, Kent, age 30 years & 16 days, height 5ft 4½ inches. Resided 162, Shipbourne Road, Tonbridge, Kent. Formerly gardener.

Home, 8th January 1915 to 29th August 1915; BEF, 30th August 1915 to 26th September 1915.

8th January 1915, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 16th January 1915, posted 8th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 30th August 1915, posted BEF & embarked; 26th September 1915, posted missing.

30th July 1919, Statement of Relatives - Widow, none; Children, none; Father, Mathew Porter, since deceased; Mother, Jane Porter, 162, Shipbourne Road, Tonbridge; Brothers - Mathew James Porter, age 38, 162, Shipbourne Road, Tonbridge; Sisters - Matilda Porter Hamilton, age 36, 124, Shipbourne Road, Tonbridge.

Commemorated at Loos Memorial, Panel 95 to 97, France / Tonbridge War Memorial

Commemorated on Tonbridge War Memorial - Tonbridge War Memorial - The original World War I memorial at the Junction of Pembury Road and Quarry Hill. The names were later re-inscribed in the new Memorial Garden in Bradford Street.

From Tonbridge History - Fred Porter was born in Tonbridge in 1884, son of Matthew and Jane. In 1911 recorded as living at 162 Shipbourne Road and working as a jobbing gardener (brother in law to Robert Hamilton who also fell in the war.) He enlisted in January 1915 joining the 8th Battalion Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment as Private GS/5360. He was killed in action on 26th September 1915 and is remembered on the Loos memorial.

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