263347 Pte. John Port British Army 6th Btn. North Staffordshire Regiment (d.1st July 1916) John Port joined the army aged 16 and 4 months in 1912, prior to which he was a brewers labourer, as was his father. He was 5'5'' tall, dark brown hair, brown eyes.
His army papers have very little detail of unit locations but record the following:
He went out to France in March 1915 with the 6th North Staffs and made a 2 week visit to a field hospital with dypyheria in July 1915 before returning to his unit. He received a gun shot wound to his left foot in September and returned to the UK for treatment, returning to his unit in Jan 1916. Next entry is dates 1st July 1916, at first listed as missing and then 'Died on or since 1/7/1916'.
John's CWGC entry shows killed in action and he is remembered at Theipval.
In 1919 John's father William is written to in preparation of issues of the death penny and he is required to list all living blood relatives on army form W 5080, not something I've seen before. In this it shows his older brother William as serving in the Royal Navy since 1907 and younger brother Harry in the Kings Own Royal Lancs. Both survived the war. RIP John.
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