Private 2417 Joseph PORTMAN

Private 2417 Joseph Portman{gallery}Pte J Portman{/gallery}1/5th Battalion, King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Killed in action in the Battle of the Somme, France and Flanders, 1st July 1916, aged 19

• Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 11 C and 12 A
  
• Awarded: 1915 Star, British War and Victory Medals
• Son of George and Sarah Portman [nee Carter]
  
• NNWFHS Memorial: Stockingford Council School
  

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Private Portman
• Thiepval Memorial
• King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

1911 Census and Family History Information

• Born Jan Qtr 1897 at Bilston, Staffs
  
• Lived at 1 Hatton Street, Bilston [1901]
• Attended Stockingford Council School
• No other connection to Stockingforf found, the 1911 census record for the Portman family has not yet been found
  
• Enlisted at Doncaster. Arrived in France 13 Apr 1915