Private Sydney Porter, 95303
- Batt - 16
- Unit - Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment)
- Section -
- Date of Birth -
- Died - 21/03/1918
- Age - 21
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ContributeSource: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland. His grandmother lived at West End, Uppingham, Rutland. He was employed on the Ironstone Quarry at Uppingham before joining up. He embarked for France on the 15th January 1918 and took part in the second Battle of the Somme, where he was reported missing in action.
Leicestershire Project Findings
- Conflict - World War I
Research from Michael Doyle's Their Name Liveth For Evermore
- Unit - Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment)
- Cause of death - KILLED IN ACTION
- Burial Commemoration - Heath Cem., Harbonnieres, France
- Born - Uppingham, Rutland
- Enlisted - 29/8/17 In Leicester
- Place of Residence - Luton, Bedfordshire, England
- Memorial - SS. PETER & PAUL'S CHYRD. MEM., UPPINGHAM, RUTLAND
- Memorial - SS. PETER & PAUL'S CHURCH, UPPINGHAM, RUTLAND
