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Record #21461
Name :
: Leonard PORTER (1897 - 1916)
  aka : Private Porter


Father
:
Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 20 Feb 1897 (approx.)

Marriage (1)
:
Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
: 28 Sep 1916   Notes : Killed in Action
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Warwickshire, Birmingham
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialFrance, Somme, Courcelette
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 11 Apr 1905
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Kensington

Placement Family
: Beam
Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
: Barnardo Homes

Agency
: Barnardos
NotesThe following records have been discerned for Private Leonard Porter. Attestation papers list his birth date being in 1885, however Dr. Snow's research states his birth date was 20 Feb 1895.

Library and Archives Canada
Surname: PORTER
Given Name: Leonard
Age: 8
Sex: M
Ship: Kensington
Year of Arrival: 1905
Departure Port: Liverpool
Departure Date: 1905-03-30
Arrival Port: Portland
Arrival Date: 1905-04-11
Party: Barnardo Homes
Comments: The ship docked at Halifax, then Portland, where 269 boys disembarked. The original list was lost and a list prepared in 1934 appears on the reel.
Source: Library and Archives Canada
Reference: RG 76 C1b
Microfilm: T-499
Type of Record: Passenger Lists

1911 Canadian Census records place Leonard Porter as a Servant in the household of Byron Beam in Welland, Ontario. Born in Apr 1897 he was born in England and immigrated in 1901.

Attestation papers were signed 15 Apr 1915 in Hamilton, Ontario. Leonard Porter was born 8 Jun 1885 (Year of birth was more likely 1897) in Birmingham, England. Next of Kin was his brother, Ernest Porter of Ridgeway, Ontario. He was a labourer by trade. He had previous Military experience with the 44th Regiment in Welland. 5' 5 1/2" in height with brown eyes and dark brown hair, he had 4 vaccination marks on his left arm. His religion was listed as Methodist.

Commonwealth War Graves Registers and Circumstances of Casualty states he was Killed in Action in the trenches north of Courcelette, Somme, Picardie, France. An additional note states that the Next of Kin could not be located at his original submitted address. Leonard's body was not recovered for burial, his name is listed on the Vimy Memorial in Vimy, Nord Pas de Calais, France.

Find A Grave Memorial# 56682552 
ContributorsCreated : 2013-01-12 13:57:05 / From original database

Last Updated : 2013-12-30 13:28:07 /

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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
3062 ABEL, Abraham1892WAL,    , Newport Apr 1908 : Kensington CAN Unknown  
6780 AGGAS, Herbert1895ENG, YKS, Leeds Apr 1905 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
6854 AGGAS, John William1893ENG, YKS, Leeds Apr 1905 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
23744 ALDRIDGE, Maud1897ENG,     May 1904 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
7361 ALDRIDGE, Minnie1895ENG,     May 1904 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
6873 ALLEYNE, Elizabeth1893ENG, LND, Stepney May 1903 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
6356 ALLEYNE, Georgina1892ENG,    , Poplar May 1903 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
20758 ANDERSON, Henry1895 Apr 1905 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
20588 ANDERSON, John1891 Apr 1905 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
20578 ANDERSON, William1891 Apr 1905 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
20757 ANDREWS, Henry1891 Apr 1905 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
16736 ANGELL, Reginald George1892ENG, LND, Kensington Jul 1907 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
13131 ARCHER, Violet May1894ENG,     May 1903 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
20759 ARMSTRONG, Sidney1894 Apr 1905 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
20756 ARNOLD, Edward Edwin1892 Apr 1905 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
23838 ATKINS, Elizabeth B1893ENG,     May 1903 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
6762 AUSTIN, Charles William A.1901ENG,     Jul 1907 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
6764 AYERS, Edith1894ENG,     Jul 1907 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
22759 AYRE, C A1894ENG,     May 1904 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
3768 BAINBRIDGE, Harry1886ENG, STS, Hanley Sep 1905 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
23009 BAKER, William N.1890ENG,     May 1903 : Kensington CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
3767 BALDWIN, Frank A.1888ENG,     Sep 1905 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
22014 BAMFORD, George Joseph1897ENG, MDX Jul 1907 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
23216 BANGE, Robert1886ENG,     Oct 1903 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
20765 BANKS, Arthur George1893 Apr 1905 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
17978 BANKS, Edmund Charles1895ENG, HAM, Portsmouth Jul 1907 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
9136 BARBER, Ernest Ford1892ENG, NFK, Great Yarmouth Apr 1905 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
22283 BARKER, Samuel1889ENG,     May 1903 : Kensington CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
22743 BARKER, William Alfred1893ENG,     May 1908 : Kensington CAN Salvation Army  
18708 BARNES, Horace1885ENG,     1903 : Kensington CAN Unknown  
IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
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