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Robert Wilson Porter |
Robert Wilson Porter
CWGC: (Robert Wilison Porter)
Rank: Lieutenant
Regiment: Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 9th Battalion, attached 4th/5th Battalion
Date of Death: 11th January 1918
Age: 24
Commemorated: Tyne Cot Memorial
Additional Information: Son of James & Jane Park Porter, 50 Gala Street, Riddrie, Glasgow.
SNWM: (Robert Wilson Porter)
Rank: Training Lieutenant
Regiment: Black Watch (Royal Highlanders), 9th Battalion, attached 4th/5th Battalion
Date of Death: 11th January 1918
Cause of Death: Killed in Action
SDGW: (Robert Wilson Porter)
Rank: Temporary Lieutenant
Regiment: Black Watch (Royal Highlanders), 9th Battalion, attached 4th/5th Battalion
Date of Death: 11th January 1918
Cause of Death: Killed in Action
MIC: None Found
Soldiers’ Effects:
Lieutenant R. W. Porter, 9th Battalion Royal Highlanders, attached 5th Battlion. Killed in Action 11th January 1918
Glasgow Herald, 18th January 1918. ‘Deaths on Service’
Porter. Killed in action on 11th inst., Robert Wilson Porter, M.A., Lieutenant, the Black Watch, third son of James Porter, missionary and Mrs Porter, 61 Roselea Drive, Dennistoun, Glasgow.
Listed on Glasgow Roll of Honour: Robert W. Porter, Lieutenant, Black Watch, 61 Roselea Drive, Dennistoun.
Listed on Glasgow University Memorial: Robert W. Porter
Listed on Glasgow University Roll of Honour: Lieutenant Robert Wilson Porter
Biography: Robert Wilson Porter graduated from the University M.A. in 1915. He began studying at the University in 1911 and achieved a 2nd class Honours degree in Classics. During WW1 Robert served with the Black Watch from January 1916 until his death at Passchendaele on 11 January 1918, aged 24. Regimental records show that he was killed by shellfire and no remains were recovered. Although he has no known grave, his name appears on the memorial wall of Tynecot Cemetery.
Listed on Jordanhill Teacher Training College Memorial: Robert W. Porter (Date of Enrolement, 1915)
1901 Census, Living at 36 Armadale Street, Dennistoun
Father James Porter, age 52, Missionary, born Airdrie
Mother Jane Porter, age 48, born Ireland
Children: Maggie Porter, age 25, Medical Dispenser, born Glasgow
Isabella Porter, age 17, Mothers Helper, born Glasgow
James Porter, age 13, Scholar, born Glasgow
Christina Porter, age 10, Scholar, born Glasgow
Elizabeth Porter, age 9, Scholar, born Glasgow
Robert Porter, age 7, Scholar, born Glasgow
Alexander Porter, age 3, born Glasgow
