Name
James Ingrey Porter
1885
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
22/05/1916
30
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Rifleman
3676
London Regiment (London Irish Rifles)
1st/18th (County of London) Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
ARRAS MEMORIAL
Bay 10
France
Headstone Inscription
N/A
UK & Other Memorials
Not on the Codicote memorials, East Hyde Memorial, Bedfordshire
Pre War
James Ingrey Porter was born in 1885 in Codicote, the son of Charles and Mary Ann Porter, and baptised in Codicote on 25 January 1885.
On the 1901 Census he was working as a Page in the home of William Wodehouse, JP, living at Woolmers, Hertingfordbury and by 1911 James had moved to London and was living at 66B Eaton Square, London SW1 and working as a 'Footman Domestic' at the home of Vesey Holt, a Banker and Army Agent.
He married Emily Elizabeth Kimber at St Luke, Chelsea, London on 4 December 1911 at which time James and Emily were both said to be residing at 22 Winchester House, London and he was working as a Butler.
Wartime Service
James enlisted at Chelsea and joined the 18th Battalion, London Irish Rifles. He served in France from 21 September 1915 and was killed in action on at Vimy Ridge on 22 May 1916.
He has no known grave and his name is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France.
Additional Information
A war gratuity of £3 was granted to legatee Miss Emily Anne Howick as well as pay owing of 15 shillings 3 pence. Emily Anne Howick appears to be the Guardian of his widow Emily Elizabeth on pension records, although no record of the amount awarded is shown.
Acknowledgments
Brenda Palmer
Brenda Palmer
