Basic Details
Surname
Porter
Forenames
John
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Service number
25181
Notes
The Roll lists his address as 179 Dogsthorpe Road.

(N.B. The Roll is known to include numerous errors, including: misspelt names and inaccurate date/place of death, service number/ rank/ military unit etc; several casualties were mistakenly listed on it twice [i.e. under their true name and also the alias under which they served]; several other men were listed on it due to the mistaken belief they had died, whereas they had actually survived).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Northants
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
2nd
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Signaller
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
Belgium
Town of death
Passchendaele
Country of burial
Not stated
Town of burial
Not stated on memorial
Cemetery
Not stated
Year of death
1917
Month of death
November
Day of death
21
Manner of death as stated
Killed in action at Passchendaele
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action