Private Andrew Marshall Porter
Number: 9716
Company: 45th (Dublin) Company, 13th Battalion
ENLISTMENT
Date: 4 January 1900
Place: Newbridge
Age: 25 years 11 months
Trade of calling: Barrister
Place of birth: In the Parish of Dublin, near the Town of Dublin, in the County of Dublin
Family: Single. Father Andrew Marshall Porter, Master of the Rolls, Dublin; mother Agnes Adinston Porter (nee Horsbrugh)
Previous military service: No
Description: Height 6' 0". Complexion dark, eyes brownish grey, hair dark.
Religion: Other Protestant
ACTIVE SERVICE
Date to South Africa: 13 March 1900
Campaigns: South Africa 1899-1901
Service medal, clasps and other awards: Queen's South Africa Medal, Cape Colony and Orange Free State clasps
DEATH
Date: 1 June 1900
Place: Lindley
Cause: Wounds sustained on 28/29 May
Commemorated: Porter is buried in the Lindley Cemetery. He is commemorated on the Lindley Cemetery Memorial and the Yeomanry Kop Memorial at Lindley, and and on the St Patrick's Cathedral Memorial in Dublin.
The Illustrated Sporting and Drama News, 3 February 1900
The Gentlewoman, 16 June 1900
Dublin Evening Mail, 8 June 1900
This page last updated 13 July 2024.