Memorial

Lieutenant E J Porter and Private A V Porter

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Current Location

St John the Baptist Church, Church Grove, Southend On Sea, Southend On Sea, Essex, SS1 2EL, England

TQ 88547 85173

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Addition to gravestone
WMR Reference Number: 22660
Description: Headstone
Inscription: In/ Loving Memory/of/SAMUEL PORTER/WHO DIED 18TH OCTOBER 1917,/AGED 73 YEARS./NOW THE LABOURER'S TASK IS O'ER,/NOW THE BATTLE DAY IS PAST;/NOW UPON THE FARTHER SHORE/LANDS THE VOYAGER AT LAST./Also of ERNEST JAMES, LIEUT./1/22 LONDON REGIMENT;/WHO WAS MORTALLY/ WOUNDED IN THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME AND DIED/AS A PRISONER OF WAR 22 SEPTEMBER 1916,/AGED 32 YEARS./ HE LIES BURIED IN PORTE-DE-PARIS CEMETERY CAMBRAI./Also of ALBERT VICTOR/PRIVATE 3RD ESSEX REGIMENT; WHO DIED IN/TRAINING 15TH MARCH 1916, AGED 26 YEARS./CALLED TO HIGHER SERVICE./Also of LILIAN MAUD, DIED IN 1881,/ AGED 4 YEARS./ And of ETHEL MARIA, DIED IN 1885./AGED 4 YEARS./"SAFE IN THE ARMS OF JESUS,/SO SHALL HIS LOVED ONES REST."/ ALL CHILDREN OF THE ABOVE SAMUEL PORTER/AND MARIA HIS WIFE.

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 2
Died: 2
Information shown: Surname, forenames, rank, regiment, manner of death, date of death, age at death, place of burial, relationships.

Gravestone

Height: 1372mm

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good