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Howard G. Portman

Ancestry site Military records
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Private Howard Portman, Service No 55547, 16 Battalion, Welsh Regiment, enlisted in
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Redditch, died of wounds, 2 August 1917, Belgium. Formerly (46141), Worcestershire
Regiment. Private Howard George Portman is buried in Dozinghem Military Cemetery,
Grave II. I. 17, Belgium. Awarded the British War Medal and Victory Medal.

Private Howard G. Portman – source:-www.findagrave.com

Remembered on St Stephen’s war memorial, Redditch.

(On 1911 census Howard Portman, aged 15, born in Crabbs Cross, lived with his mother Harriet Portman, at 55
Archer Road, Redditch.)

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The Bromsgrove, Droitwich and Redditch Messenger – Saturday 1
September 1917

Died of Wounds
(5547) H. Portman – Welsh Regiment from Redditch
Acknowledgements: www.bromsgrovebmsgh.co.uk - Martin Stephens who digitised the Bromsgrove, Droitwich
and Redditch Messenger

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