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Serjeant JOHN SCHOFIELD PORTER

Service Number: 8269
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Manchester Regiment

"C" Coy. 17th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 August 1916

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY

VI. F. 11.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Eliza Jane and the late Richard Porter, of Bolton; husband of Elsie Porter, of "Hazlemere," 98, Chorley New Rd., Bolton, Lancs. Enlisted 2nd Sept. 1914 and was Serjeant Signalling Instructor in his Bn.
  • Personal Inscription HIS REST SHALL BE GLORIOUS
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