Porter, William: Service no. 53954

Source: During Veterans Death Card search for Captain W.A.S. Porter.

Family Search: When Sergeant William Porter was born on 8 January 1889, in Islington, London, England, United Kingdom, his father, Joseph Porter, was 27 and his mother, Emily Pickerill, was 28. He married Ethel K. Booth in 1919, in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom. He lived in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom in 1901. He registered for military service in 1914. In 1914, at the age of 25, his occupation is listed as nickel plater in Galt, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. He died on 24 December 1954, in Galt, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 65, and was buried in Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.

The family owned the Porter and Wilde brewery at 18 Shade St., Galt, Ontario.

Sergeant William Porter, reg. no. 53954.

This man, born at Islington, London, England, on 8 January 1899, enlisted with the 18th Battalion at Galt, Ontario on 26 October 1914.

He was unmarried and had the trade of a nickel plater. He had prior military experience with the 6th South Staffordshire Regiment.

He went overseas with the 18th Battalion and was seeing active combat duty with the 18th, starting in later September 1915.

He was appointed a Lance-Corporal on 2 April 1916 and was granted a 10-day leave starting 29 December 1916, followed by a 14-day leave on 5 December 1917.

Returning from the last leave, he continued his service with the Battalion, earning the rank of Corporal on 29 April 1918, replacing G. L. Thomas (53975), who was promoted to Sergeant.

He was granted another 14 days’ leave on 20 November 1918 and rejoined the 18th Battalion on 27 December 1918, after a short attachment to the Canadian Corps Reinforcement Camp after his leave had ended.

He was granted permission to marry on 30 March 1919.

He arrived, with his wife, Ethel K. (Booth) Porter, in Halifax in August 1919 and was discharged from service due to demobilization on 14 August 1919.