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


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

Marriage (1)
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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
18778 PORTER, A1890ENG,     Sep 1899 : Arawa CAN Barnardos  
13993 PORTER, Arthur1880ENG,     Apr 1886 : Parisian CAN Barnardos  
2930 PORTER, Daisy1878 Mar 1895 : Mongolian CAN Maria Rye  
15628 PORTER, Ernest Henry1894ENG,     Apr 1905 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
21674 PORTER, Ethel Maud1877ENG,    , Eastville, Bristol Sep 1899 : Arawa CAN Barnardos  
10731 PORTER, Eva1862ENG,     Jan 1880 : Peruvian CAN Maria Rye  
15550 PORTER, Florence1911ENG,     Sep 1923 : Minnedosa CAN Barnardos  
15696 PORTER, Frank1888ENG,     Apr 1924 : Scythia CAN Dakeyne Boys Farm  
18047 PORTER, Frank 1880ENG,     Apr 1901 : Dominion CAN Marchmont Homes (now Barnardos)  
2718 PORTER, Herbert Cecil1888ENG, SRY, Battersea May 1902 : Tunisian CAN Shaftesbury/Bisley Farm School  
21461 PORTER, Leonard1897ENG, WAR, Birmingham Apr 1905 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
26680 PORTER, Margaret1898 Oct 1910 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos  
6239 PORTER, Phyllis1901ENG,     Jul 1909 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos  
18921 PORTER, William George1888ENG,    , Bristol, Gloucestershire Sep 1899 : Arawa CAN Barnardos