PORTMAN Howard George

  • First Name(s):
    Howard 
    George 
  • Surname:
    PORTMAN
  • Service Number:
    55547
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Welch Regiment
  • Battalion:
    16th Battalion
  • Former Units:
    Formerly 46141, Worcestershire Regiment.
  • Date of Death:
    2nd August 1917
  • Age At Death:
    21
  • Cause of Death:
    Died of wounds
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Dozinghem Military Cemetery, Belgium, Grave II. I. 17.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Mrs H. Portman, 55 Archer Rd., Redditch

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PORTMAN Howard George Is Named On These Memorials

Redditch War Memorial

Further Information About PORTMAN Howard George

Enlisted Redditch, Worcestershire.

He was registered at birth in 1895 as Howard George Portman.  On 1901 census Howard aged 5, lived with his parents Michael W. and Harriet Portman and his siblings in Evesham Road.  On the 1911 census Howard Portman, aged 15, born in Crabbs Cross, Shop assistant, lived with his mother Harriet Portman and siblings, at 55 Archer Road, Redditch.

The Bromsgrove, Droitwich and Redditch Messenger, Saturday 1st September 1917:
Died of Wounds
(5547) H. Portman – Welsh Regiment from Redditch

Bromsgrove, Droitwich and Redditch Messenger digitised by and courtesy of Martin Stephens.

A photograph of Private H. Portman of Crabbs Cross can be found in Berrow’s Worcester Journal Supplement, Saturday 9th December 1916, available at Worcestershire Archives.

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Credits: Researched by Jillian Coombes. Berrow's Worcester Journal Supplement researched by Sandra Taylor.