BORN BEVERLEY 25/10/1888. SON OF HENRY (HARRY) FORTES ( 1854-1931) AND MARY KIDD SPENCER (1854-1926), OF 4 CHARLES PLACE, WILBERT LANE, BEVERLEY. EDUCATED AT BEVERLEY MINSTER SCHOOL.
HE JOINED THE ARMY ON 20/11/1903 AGED 15. SERVED WITH THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. MARRIED LOUISA MAUD KENT (1885-1958) AT SHORNCLIFFE CAMP, KENT, ON 25/01/1907. POSTED TO BURMAH AND THEN INDIA BETWEEN 1909-1913. RETURNED TO ENGLAND. PROMOTED SERGEANT ON 06/06/1914. POSTED TO FRANCE ON 10/09/1914. KILLED IN ACTION, AT PARRIDE HILL, ON 28/10/1914, AGED 26. HIS BROTHER, PRIVATE, WILLIAM FORTES, 7051, 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT WAS WITH HIM WHEN HE DIED.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 30/11/1914. HE IS RECORDED IN THE DE RUVIGNEY ROLL OF HONOUR, VOLUME 1.
