J W Porter

Army, Arras, Commemorated name/s, Other Regiments

J W Porter
Bugler 9137
“G” Company 2nd Battalion
Oxford & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry.

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J W Porter was the son of  Mr and Mrs F. Porter of Reading and the husband of Emily Walker (nee Porter) of 449, Brooklyn Street, St. James’, Winnipeg, Canada.  He died of wounds on 14th September 1915.  He is commemorated on his parents grave, number 18168. 

Bugler Porter is buried in Chocques Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France.  Location Plot I. D. 99.

 Chocques  lies north west of Bethune near Gonnheim.  From late autumn 1914 to the end of the war Chocques was occupied by the British.  The graves in Plot I were on men who died of wounds in No. 1 Casualty Clearing Station which was posted in the village.  The officers were buried in Plot V.  The casualties would have been fighting on the Bethune front.

Thomas Porter

Army, Commemorated name/s, Other Regiments

Thomas Porter
Sergeant  M2/046569
15th Div. Train, Army Service Corps

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Sergeant Thomas Porter is remembered on the grave of his parents Henry and Rosanna Porter who died in 1922 and 1948 respectively.  The commemoration states ‘Died of Wounds in France’.  The Berkshire Family History Society classification number is 7A15.  There are no family details in the CWGC information.  A picture from Berkshire and the War gives the home address as 36 Sherman Road, Reading.

The 1911 census indicates that Thomas and his wife Blanche and son Denis then aged 1 year were living with his parents at 4 Sherman Road.  Thomas was a furniture porter his father worked at the biscuit factory.

 Thomas Porter died of wounds on 18th July 1917, aged 26.  He is buried in Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, Pas de Calais.  Grave reference IV.A.35.

Boulogne was one of the three Base ports most used by the British Armies during the war.  Boulogne and Wimereux formed one of the chief hospital areas.  Thomas Porter was probably wounded some distance away from Boulogne. 

George Albert Moxey Pratt

Navy, Registered War Grave

George A. M. Pratt
Petty Officer J/12015 H.M.S. “Victory”

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 George Pratt was born on 7 August 1894 in Oxford  and he died on the 30th April 1920 aged 25.  He was the son of Mr William and Mrs Sarah Pratt 112 Salisbury Rd. Reading. He was the husband of Ada F Pratt of 19, William Street, Reading.  The 1901 census indicates that the family lived at ‘The Victoria Arms’ 21 London Road, Reading. He had two brothers William and Reginald. By 1911 the family had grown and he had another brother Francis and two sisters Elizabeth and Lily. It is believed that he worked for the Great Western Railway following his father and brother William.

Cause of death was acute neuritis according to the notification of death report in the Reading Standard May 8th 1920.

 The grave of George Pratt grave is one of the registered CWGC graves in the cemetery.  Grave number 16534.  The small memorial on the family grave refers to

 “Our dearly beloved son Berty”.

Herbert Pendlebury also served on the HMS Victory and his details are given on this web site.