BORN FIRSBY, LINCS, 1892. SECOND SON OF GEORGE (1849-1935) AND BETSY PORTAS (1852-1928). SON OF A PLATE LAYER FOR THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.
HE WORKED AS A FARM WAGGONER, IN MARKET RASEN (1911 CENSUS).
MARRIED HULL 1913. WIFE FLORENCE MAY (CRANE) PORTAS (BORN 2. MY 1894), OF 4, HALES TERRACE, FREEHOLD STREET, HULL AND 69, LEONARD STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESSES). THEY HAD THREE CHILDREN, HENRY SYDNEY, HAROLD AND WINIFRED MAY.
ENLISTED AT HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 1048, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 10TH WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. WOUNDED 9 FEB 1917. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 25 MARCH 1918, AGED 26. BURIED FRANCE.
AWARDED A WEEKLY WAR PENSION OF 29/7 SHILLINGS. HIS WIDOW REMARRIED AND BECAME MRS ROBINSON,
First name:
HARRY
Military Number:
43119
Rank:
Private
Date Died
25/03/1918
Place died:
St. Pierre Cemetery, Amiens, Somme France
Age:
26
