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Kenneth Morrison
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| DelBoy wrote: | I think perhaps Gunner Robert Porteous is this man, even though he is in the Army Catering Corps.
No other Robert Porteous' are listed in the war returns, only 3 are listed as dying in Scotland between 1939-1947.
CWGC
Name: PORTEOUS, ROBERT
Initials: R
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Army Catering Corps
Age: 31
Date of Death: 24/08/1945
Service No: 866709
Additional information: Son of Marion Porteous, and stepson of William McLellan, of Dumfries.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: 4. B. 14.
Cemetery: MUNSTER HEATH WAR CEMETERY
SNWM
Surname: PORTEOUS
Firstname: Robert
Service number: 866709
Date of death: 24/08/1945
Place of birth: Kirkcudbrightshire
Other: Army Catering Corps
SNWM roll: SCOTSMEN IN VARIOUS UNITS
Rank: Pte
Theatre of death Western Europe Campaign, 1944-45
Derek. |
Derek - you were spot on 
I finally tracked down a more complete newspaper report which detailed his pre-war and war time service with the Royal Artillery.
Robert Porteous of the Army Catering Corps........had been a member of the Royal Artillery's Kirkcudbrightshire Battery of Territorial Army for four years before the war. He had served for nearly six years during the war and at the time of his death was attached to the 314 Battery, 79th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery.
Sadly there was no more information on the cause of his death apart from "a serious accident".
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stuartn
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| This is now WMR/UKNIWM report 71872 |
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