BORN HULL 1899. SON OF WILLIAM HENRY PORTER (1869-1954) & SARAH ELIZABETH PORTER (1872-1904), OF 85 CLARENDON STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS), 430 HESSLE ROAD, HULL AND 5 KLONDMERE AVENUE, SOMERSET STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A GENERAL CARRIER. HE HAD FIVE BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL, UNDER AGE. SERVED WITH THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 17/04/1915. DIED ON 10/05/1916. AGED 17. BURIED AT LE HAVRE, FRANCE.
HIS BROTHER, ACTING CORPORAL, JOHN ERNEST TENNISON PORTER, 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, DIED ON 27/05/1918, AGED 26.
BOTH BROTHERS ARE COMMEMORATED AT ST JOHN THE BAPTIST CHURCH MEMORIAL, NEWINGTON, HULL.
First name:
ROBERT HENRY
Regiment:
Military Number:
3156
Rank:
Private
Date Died
10/05/1916
Place died:
Ste. Marie Cemetery, Le Havre, Seine-Maritime, France
Age:
17
430 , HESSLE ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
