T/Const John Norman Porritt

 

1899 Jan 30. Born Bradford, Yorkshire

1901 census in Bradford

1911 census at 42 Morrington Rd Ilkley Yorks

 

1915 Apr 21. Enlists. Address is 42 Mornington Road, Ilkley. Claimed he was 18, but only 16

1915 Aug 30. Discharged for Irregular Enlistment

He then enlists in Cameron Highlanders

1919 Mar 22 Demobbed

 

1920 Dec 14. Joined RIC no 76657 & ADRIC no 813 (939) ex-Soldier & Clerk

Posted to F Coy

1921 Jul 25. Accident results in a foot being amputated.

1922 Jan 20 Pensioned

1925 Jan/Mar Married in Leeds to Phyllis Elizabeth Mannion in Leeds

1939 Register at 316 Holyhead Rd, Coventry, Warwickshire. He is an Estate Agent

 

1943 Jul 23 Divorced by his wife

 

1948 Jul 30 .Arrives in UK from New York He is a Personnel Manager living in Bingley. Travels 1st Class

1958 Marries Dorothy M Currie in Leeds

1967 Married in Bradford to WIESLANA ADAMOWIGZ

1971 Jan/Mar died York

 

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