Porteous Research Project

PORTEOUS ROLL OF HONOUR

A list of all known Porteous family members who fell in action

This site lists all men (and one woman) who were killed in action, or died as a result of wounds, injury, ill health resulting from the two World Wars and the Vietnam War, and whose graves (or memorial where there is no known grave) are registered with the Commonwealth War Graves Commission or the US Department of Defense.

A further webpage contains a list of all those Porteous warriors (of all services, and civilians) who were decorated.

Also included is a list of 95 cemeteries in which the graves are situated and 24 memorials on which the names of those who have no known grave are inscribed, in places as far apart as Australia and Tunisia, Egypt and Pakistan, France and Singapore – nineteen countries in all.

World War I
1914-18

Adam Porteous	Stoker 1st Class 290039	HMS 'Zaria', Royal Navy	Died 30th December 1917
Adam H Porteous	Lance Corporal 9993	1st Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers	Died of wounds 30th July 1915, France and Flanders
Alexander Porteous	Serjeant 11715	11th Battalion, Royal Scots	Killed in action 9th April 1917, France
Alexander Porteous	Private S/43565	2nd Battalion, Gordon Highlanders	Killed in action 6th September 1916, France
Alexander William Porteous, MC	Company Serjeant Major 8/1048A	10th (North Otago) Regiment, New Zealand Expeditionary Force	Killed in action 9th August 1915, Turkey
Andrew Porteous	Private 375372	'D' Company, 13th Battalion, Royal Scots	Died of Nephritis 17th November 1917, France
Andrew Porteous	Private 39479	15th Battalion, Royal Scots	Killed in action 28th April 1917, France
Andrew Porteous	Private S/1984	10th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders	Killed in action 25th September 1915, France
Archibald Porteous	Lance Corporal 10426	1st Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders	Died of wounds 11th May 1915, Belgium
Archibald Porteous	Private S/19715	1st Battalion, Gordon Highlanders	Killed in action 15th June 1918, France
Arthur Porteous	Private 1054560	24th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)	Died 8th August 1918, France
Arthur John Porteus	Private 4269	2nd Australian Battalion	Killed 6th November 1917, Belgium
Arthur Stanley Porteous	Private 12233	'B' Company, 9th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers	Killed in action 7th July 1916, France
Clark Porteous	Lance Serjeant 19982	12th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry	Died of wounds 8th December 1917, France
Colin Porteous	Private 25936	1st Battalion, Highland Light Infantry	Killed in action 11th January 1917, Mesopotamia
David Porteous	Private 33460	17th Battalion (3rd Glasgow), Highland Light Infantry (formerly S/16013, Royal Highlanders)	Killed in action 18th November 1916, France
David Ivon Porteous	Sapper 62881	New Zealand Engineers	Died of wounds (gas received 1st November) 14th November 1918
Dennis Reid Porteous, MM	Private G/22923	7th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment	Killed in action 28th March 1918, British Expeditionary Force, France
Dick McDonald Porteous, DSO	Captain	1st Battalion, (Princess Louise's) Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders	Killed in action 10th May 1915, Ypres, Belgium
Donald Porteous	Private 2274	1st/ 7th Battalion, Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment)	Died at home 22nd May 1915
Douglas Simpson Porteous	Second Lieutenant (Temporary)	'A' Company, 6th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers	Killed in action 20th October 1916, France
Edward Porteus	Lance Corporal 3108	13th Battalion, Australian Infantry, AIF	Died of wounds 12th February 1917, France
Francis James Porteous	Private 27256	13th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry	Killed in action 7th July 1917, Belgium
Fred Porteous	Serjeant 375062	2nd Battalion, Royal Scots	Died of wounds 24th August 1918, Somme, France
George Porteous	Serjeant 23712	1st Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment	Died 3rd September 1915
George Porteous	Private S/10417	7th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders (formerly 8494 Reserve Cavalry Regiment)	Killed in action 25th September 1915, France
George Porteous	Private 23511	1st/4th Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment	Died of wounds 14th October 1918, France
George Porteous	Sapper 66139	3rd Tunnelling Company, Canadian Engineers	Died of wounds 4th October 1917, France
George Porteous	Sailor	SS 'Glenelg' (Glasgow)	Killed, as a result of an attack by an enemy submarine, 12th September 1917
George Basil Porteous	Private 85598	Royal Defence Corps	Died of endocarditis 1st February 1920
George Nelson Porteous	Private 1072186	5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan Regiment), Canadian Expeditionary Force	Died 13th October 1918, France
George Robert Porteous	Private 13379	2nd Battalion, Welch Regiment	Killed in action 5th May 1915, France
George Thomas Porteous	Private 285131	26th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers (formerly 7046 Yorkshire and Lancashire Regiment)	Killed in action 28th April 1917, France
Gilbert Porteous	2nd Lieutenant,	5th Battalion (Territorial), The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)	Died 22nd November 1917, Palestine
Gilbert Porteous	Lance Corporal 15865	8th Battalion, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment	Killed in action 18th July 1916, France
Gordon Maynard Porteous	Private 400175	38th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)	Died 18th November 1916, France
H Porteous	Private 6449	King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, Labour Corps	Died 28th March 1919
HE Porteous	2nd Lieutenant,	3rd Regiment, South African Infantry	Killed in action 12th April 1917, France
Hamish (Harbush?) Porteous	Private 275502	5th/6th Battalion, Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment)	Died of wounds 27th September 1917, France
Harry Porteous	Second Engineer	SS 'Greldon', Mercantile Marine	Died 8th October 1917
Harry Morton Porteous	2nd Lieutenant (Temporary)	12th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry	Killed in action 25th September 1915, France
Hereward Porteous	Private 3183	1st/8th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry	Killed in action 26th April 1915, Belgium
J Porteous	Lance Corporal 4200	2nd Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers	Died 4th May 1919, of sickness contracted whilst a Prisoner of War
J Porteous	Private 70900	1st Battalion, Royal Scots	Died 23rd June 1920, Burma
James Porteous, MM	Serjeant 9489	7th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders	Killed in action 12th October 1917, Belgium
James Porteous	Corporal 5950	37th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) (formerly 15916, Royal Lancashire Regiment)	Killed in action 16th May 1918, France
James Porteous	Private S/10487	5th Battalion, The Queens Own Cameron Highlanders	Killed in action 26th October 1918, Belgium
James Porteous	Private 3/2715	1st Battalion, Black Watch	Killed in action 12th November 1914, Belgium
James Porteous	Private 3370	1st/7th Battalion (Territorial), Northumberland Fusiliers	Killed in action 27th March 1916, Belgium
James Porteous	Private 43634	9th Battalion, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)	Killed in action 22nd October 1917, Belgium
James Porteous	Private 252859	11th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders	Killed in action 31st July 1917, Belgium
James Cunningham Porteous	Private 9618	2nd Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders	Died of wounds 26th April 1915, Belgium
James Hunter Porteous	Captain	6th (Renfrewshire) Battalion (Territorial), Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders	Killed in action 22nd August 1917, Belgium
John Porteous	Corporal 40102	10th/11th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry (formerly 4986 Royal Scots)	Died of wounds 29th December 1916, France
John Porteous	Lance Corporal 14828	16th Battalion (2nd Glasgow, Glasgow Boys Brigade), Highland Light Infantry	Killed in action 1st July 1916, Somme, France
John Porteous	Lance Corporal S/16292	2nd Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's Regiment)	Died of wounds 30th September 1918, France
John Porteous	Private 2328	1st/1st Battalion, Lanarkshire Yeomanry (part of the Corps of Lancers)	Died of wounds 4th December 1915, Gallipoli, Turkey
John Porteous	Private 1170	12th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry	Killed in action 25th September 1915, France
John Porteous	Private 22813	20th Battalion, The King's Liverpool Regiment	Died of wounds 1st August 1916, France
John Porteous	Private 4020	4th Battalion, Royal Scots	Died at home 20th December 1916
John Porteus	Private 28977	7th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers	Died of wounds 17th January 1917, France
John Bell Porteous	Sapper 48796	'G' Depot Company, Royal Engineers	Died 28th January 1919
John Lindsay Porteous	Gunner RMA/10698	HMS 'Alarm', Mercantile Marine	Died 18th October 1914
John Robert Patterson Porteous	Lieutenant	20th Battalion, Australian Infantry, AIF	Killed in action 23rd May 1916, France
Lachlan Porteous	Private 14768	6th Battalion, Royal Scots	Died 26th September 1915, Loos, France
Norman Porteous	Private 2379619	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)	Died 29th September 1918, France
Richard Porteous	Able Seaman 94527	SS 'Britannia', Mercantile Marine	Presumed drowned 19th October 1917
Richard Porteous	Able Seaman, Tyneside Z/6569	Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, Drake Battalion	Died of wounds 20th November 1916
Richard Porteous	Private 458511	60th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Died 26th May 1916, Belgium
Robert Porteous	Lance Serjeant 9878	2nd Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers	Died 30th October 1914, Ypres, Belgium
Robert Porteous	Corporal 334	2nd Battalion, Australian Infantry, AIF	Killed in action 20th May 1915, Gallipoli, Turkey
Robert Porteous	Private 7430	1st/4th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers	Died 17th November 1915, Dardenelles, Turkey
Robert Porteous	Private 201838	1st/5th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers	Killed in action 19th April 1917, Egypt
Robert Porteous	Private 10195	1st Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment	Killed in action 26th August 1914, France
Robert James Porteous	Gunner 292130	125th Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery	Died of wounds 17th September 1917, Belgium
Robert McLaren Porteous	Private 12748	5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan Regiment)	Died 23rd April 1915
Robert Mooney Porteous	Private 213799	19th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (1st Central Ontario Regiment)	Died 29th September 1916, France
Robert Watson Porteous	Corporal 60412	14th Battalion, Welch Regiment	Killed in action 8th October 1918, France
Samuel Porteous	Able Seaman SS/878 (RFR/CH/B/6255)	HMS 'Flirt', Royal Navy	Killed in action with Torpedo Boat Destroyers, Straits of Dover, 26th October 1916
Stephen William Porteous	Private 3/12740	8th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)	Killed in action 30th September 1916, France
Thomas Porteous	Serjeant 2961	45th Battalion, Australian Infantry AIF	Died 7th June 1917, Belgium
Thomas Porteous	Able Seaman, Tyneside Z/951	RNVR 'Hawke' Battalion, Royal Naval Division	Died 20th June 1915, Gallipoli, Turkey
Thomas Porteous	Lance Corporal 36790	3rd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade	Killed in action 27th March 1918, France
Thomas Porteous	Gunner 136717	194th Siege Batter, Royal Garrison Artillery (formerly 3227 Forth Royal Garrison Artillery)	Killed in action 7th April 1917, France
Thomas V Porteous	Private 291577	1st/7th Battalion, Black Watch	Killed in action 19th September 1917, Belgium
Thomas Williamson Porteous	Second Lieutenant (Temporary)	12th Battalion, Tank Corps	Killed in action 23rd August 1918, France
Walter Porteous	Private 200320	15th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry	Killed in action 4th October 1917, Belgium
William Porteous	Corporal 1643	'A' Company, 1st/6th Battalion, The King's (Liverpool) Regiment	Killed in action 7th August 1916, France
William Porteous	Private 17361	11th Battalion, Border Regiment	Killed in action 18th November 1916, France
William Porteous	Private 260047	5th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders	Killed in action 18th April 1917, France
William Porteous	Gunner 121478	20th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery	Died 30th June 1917, France
William Porteus	Private 260	24th Battalion, Australian Infantry, AIF	Killed in action 9th October 1917, Belgium
William Beattie Porteous	Private 2225	Lanarkshire Yeomanry	Killed in action 27th December 1915, Gallipoli, Turkey
William Edward Porteous	Bugler 11573	2nd Battalion, Highland Light Infantry	Died of wounds 6th June 1915, France
William Fredrick Porteous	Private 136118	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles (Saskatchewan Regiment)	Died 25th August 1916, France
William Henry Gray Porteous	Lance Corporal S/14428	'C' Company, 10th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders	Killed in action 12th October 1916, France
William John Porteous	Private 30637	3rd Battalion, Wellington Regiment, New Zealand Expeditionary Force	Killed in action 4th October 1917, Belgium
William Mansor Porteous	Master 111198	SS 'Vienna', Mercantile Marine	Presumed dead after capture aboard an enemy submarine 11th September 1917
William Nesbit Porteous	Private 29857	1st Battalion, Otago Regiment, New Zealand Expeditionary Force	Killed in action 12th October 1917, Belgium
William Scotland Porteous	Private 17543	1st Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers	Killed in action 4th June 1915, Dardenelles, Turkey
William Sutherland Porteous	Private 6640	4th Regiment, South African Infantry	Killed in action 12th October 1916, Delville Wood, France
William Taylor Porteous	Private S/1519, 'A' Company	10th Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders	Killed in action 25th September 1915, France
William Thomas Porteous	Leading Seaman 17/L	HM Yacht 'Goissa', Royal Naval Reserve (Shetland Section)	Died 13th July 1917
Willie Porteous	Private 20731	5th Battalion, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)	Died 3rd October 1917, Belgium

World War II
1939-1945

Albert Porteous	Firewatcher	Civilian war dead	Died 9th May 1941
Alexander Porteous	First Radio Officer	MV 'San Victorio' (London), Merchant Navy	Died at sea 16th May 1942
Andrew Goldie Porteous	P/MX 57085 Leading Supply Assistant	HMS Cape Howe, Royal Navy	Died at sea 21st June 1940
Archie Alfred Porteous	WX 9414, Driver	4th Reserve Motor Transport Company, Australian Army Service Corps	Died of illness 3rd November 1944, POW Camp, Sandakan, Borneo
Arthur Porteous	C/JX 240017 Able Seaman	HMS 'Eaglet', Royal Navy	Died 25th January 1942
Charles Fletcher Porteous	V82104 Acting Corporal	Australian Commonwealth Military Force, 5th Australian Workshops and Pk. Company, Royal Australian Engineers	Died of illness 19th June 1941
Charles L Porteous	Sergeant, Bomb Aimer	US Army Air Force, 512th Bomber Squadron, 376th Bomber Group, Heavy	Died from injuries after being shot down, 1943
Charles Wood Porteous	2985303 Private	8th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders	Died 7th April 1943
Earl Ernest Porteous	C/79100	Calgary Highlanders, RCIC	Died 1st August 1944
Francis Porteous	Fourth Engineer Officer	MV 'Empire Spring' (Greenock), Merchant Navy	Died at sea 15th February 1942
Francis Porteous	32481311 Rifleman	2nd Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)	Died 28th/31st May 1940
Francis William Porteous	1386730 Sergeant (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner)	207 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve	Killed 2nd January 1944
Francisco N Portas	Radioman, Second Class	US Naval Reserve	Killed MIA or buried at sea, 1944
Fred Porteus	7021442 Guardsman	5th Battalion, Grenadier Guards	Died 5th January 1945
George Porteous	C/JX 291666 Able Seaman	HMS 'Niger', Royal Navy	Died at sea 6th July 1942
George Arthur Porteus	7893836 Trooper	1st Fife and Forfar Yeomanry, RAC	Died 1st June 1940
George Porteous	779889 Serjeant, 157 Battery	53 Light Anti Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery	Died 5th September 1943
George Porteous	14742052 Fusilier	Royal Northumberland Fusiliers	Died 16th February 1945, Holland
George Purdie Porteous	Chief Engineer Officer	SS 'Samala' (Liverpool), Merchant Navy	Died at sea 30th September 1940
George Robert Porteous	3125559 Company Serjeant Major (Warrant Officer Class II)	South Staffordshire Regiment	Died 2nd May 1944
Henry Mitchell Porteous	R/121256 Flight Sergeant (Bomb Aimer)	57 Squadron (Royal Air Force), Royal Canadian Air Force	Killed 4th September 1943
Hugh Stoddart Porteous	1104516 Corporal	Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve	Died 11th June 1944
James Porteous	Temporary Sub-Lieutenant (E)	HMS 'Forfar', Royal Naval Reserve	Died at sea 2nd December 1940
James Porteous	C/JX 309914 Ordinary Seaman	HMS 'Ibis', Royal Navy	Died at sea 10th November 1942
James Porteous	14790433 Private	5th Battalion, Queens Own Cameron Highlanders	Died 24th March 1945
James Porteous	LT/LX 30207 Steward	HM Trawler 'Red Gauntlet', Royal Navy Patrol Service	Died at sea 5th August 1943
James Cowan Porteous	1077288 Aircraftsman 1st Class	Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve	Died 9th August 1944
James Cunningham Porteous	197940 Pilot Officer	157 Squadron (Bomber Command), Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve	Died 1st May 1945
James Hardman Porteous	1369004 Sergeant	625 Squadron (Bomber Command), Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve	Killed 23rd October 1944
James Render Porteous	D/JX 210158 Ordinary Telegraphist	HM Trawler 'Lady Shirley', Royal Navy	Died at sea 11th December 1941
James Wallace Porteous	1109090 Sergeant (Wireless Operator/ Air Gunner)	103 Squadron (Bomber Command) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve	Killed 23rd June 1942
John Porteous	Greaser	SS 'Larpool' (Whitby), Merchant Navy	Died at sea 2nd November 1941
John Portis	Staff Sergeant	US Army, 505th Parachute Infantry Regt, 82nd Airborne Division	Died 1944
John Porteous	14893399 Private	1st Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers	Died 6th December 1947
John R Porteous, SSM	Second Lieutenant	US Army, 905th Field Artillery Battalion, 80th Infantry Division	Died 1944
John Templeton Porteous	Second Radio Officer	MV 'Tuscan Star' (London), Merchant Navy	Died 17th December 1939
Kenneth Porteous	C/KX 92187 Stoker 1st Class	HM Submarine P38, Royal Navy	Died at sea 25th February 1942
Kenneth Alexander Porteous	1506078 Flight Sergeant	15 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve	Died 21st January 1944
Kenneth St Clare Porteous	230818 Major	Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers	Died 11th August 1945
Louis Porteous	H/9784 Private	Royal Canadian Army Service Corps	Died 27th January 1946
Maurice Alfred Porteus	22456 Leading Stoker	HMS 'Sultan', (HMAS 'Wollongong' in one source), Royal Australian Navy	Reported missing, presumed dead, 15th February 1942, fall of Singapore
Norman John Salem Porteous	137014 Leading Aircraftsman	15 Aircraft Repair Depot, Royal Australian Air Force	Died as the result of a ground accident at Port Moresby, 26th July 1945
Peter Simpson Porteous	132018 Flying Officer (Navigator)	57 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve	Killed 20th October 1943
Robert Porteous	7889445 Serjeant	1st Fife and Forfar Yeomanry, RAC (Royal Tank Regiment)	Died 19th May 1940, Belgium
Robert Porteous	866709 Private	Army Catering Corps	Died 24th August 1945
Rosalind Lilian Porteous		Civilian War Dead	Died at sea 30th April 1943, on board SS 'Port Victor', sunk by enemy submarine, Atlantic Ocean
Samuel Hart Porteous	1059847 Flight Sergeant (Pilot)	14 Squadron (ME), Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve	Died 14th December 1942, Tunisia
Sidney Porteous	984451 Sergeant	105 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve	Died 12th September 1941
Stanley John Porteous	410419 Flying Officer	20 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force	Died in flying accident off Queensland coast 17th August 1943
Thomas Porteous	951752 Sergeant	144 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve	Died 6th July 1941
Thomas Porteous	172445 Gunner	Royal Artillery	Died 7th November 1941
Thomas Aitken Porteous	Chief Engineer Officer	SS 'Gerardo' (London), Merchant Navy	Died at sea 31st March 1942
Thomas Goodfellow Porteous	2983769 Gunner	63 (Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars) Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery	Died 25th April 1945
Thomas Henry Porteous, DSM	D/KX 76525 Petty Officer Stoker	HM Submarine 'Triad', Royal Navy	Died at sea 20th October 1942
Thomas William Shiels Porteous	2349354 Signalman	27th Operation Section, Royal Corps of Signals	Killed in Malaya 26th February 1942
Thorold Olsson Porteous	407182 Squadron Leader	Royal Australian Air Force	Died 12th September 1947 of Tuberculosis, Springbank Repatriation Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia
Wilfred Porteus	5508517 Lance Corporal	4th Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry	Died 12th February 1945
Wilfred George Porteus	4684717 Gunner	2 HAA Regiment, Royal Artillery	Died 5th March 1943
William Porteous	2695673 Guardsman	2nd Battalion, Scots Guards	Died 6th March 1943, Middle East
William Porteous	14408079 Private	Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Regiment	Died 24th April 1944, Monte Cassino, Italy
William Ford Watson Porteous, DSO, DFM and Bar	171282 Flight Lieutenant (Air Bomber)	7 Squadron (Bomber Command), Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve	Died 20th May 1944, Le Mans, France
William Leonard Portioues	C/58073 Lance Corporal	Canadian Provost Corps	Died 22nd May 1943
William Raymond Porteous	H/66450 Gunner	1st Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery	Died 27th November 1944

Korean War
1950-53

John Barros Portas, SSM

Corporal

US Army, Company K, 3rd Battalion, 179th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Division

Killed in action 1953, North Korea

Vietnam War
1965-73

Robert Richard Porteous, Indianapolis, Indiana	Lance-corporal	US Marine Corps	Killed in action 5th February 1967, Quang Nam, South Vietnam
Anthony Jerome Portis, Laurel, Mississippi	Corporal	173rd Airborne Brigade, US Army	Died of wounds 15th August 1968, Lam Dong, South Vietnam

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