Ernest Porter
This name is on the St Mark's War Memorial, Kennington Oval, London SE11
(Ernest Porter)
(Porter, Ernest)
Service no S/3708
Lance Corporal, Rifle Brigade, 13th Battalion
Died age 19 on 4 November 1915
Son of Thomas and Phyllis Porter, of 10, Kennington Grove, Henry St., Lambeth, London.
Remembered at Achiet-le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas de Calais, France and at St Mark's Church, London
Information from the 1911 census
Ernest Porter, an errand boy, was one of 12 children of Thomas and Phyllis Porter, 53 and 50 respectively. Thomas Porter, born in Lambeth, was a sanitary moulder working in a pottery. Phyllis Porter was born in Walworth. The children on the census (all born in Kennington) were:
Arthur Porter, 27, general labourer
Florence Porter, 23, sewing machinist working in tailoring
William Porter, 21, publisher's clerk
Maud Porter, 18, cross stitcher
Ernest Porter, 15, errand boy
George John Porter, 13
Reuben Sidney Porter, 10
Harold Edward Porter, 8
Herbert Porter, 6