| 02/09/2018 |
Pte. John Porter |
The CWGC record Private John Porter as the son of John and Mary Porter of Magherafelt, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. |
| 02/09/2018 |
Pte. John Porter |
Private John Porter is buried in Kasterlee War Cemetery in Holland. This cemetery contains the graves of the men killed in the fighting associated with the crossing of the Meuse-Escaut Canal. |
| 02/09/2018 |
Pte. John Porter |
This is where Johnny's luck ran out as a counter attack was being made from the left flank. German machine gun fire was coming from the tow path at about 100 yards away and that was just a prelude to a massive attack with rifles and grenades which saw 97 killed, including Private Johnny Porter. |
| 02/09/2018 |
Pte. John Porter |
The 1st Airborne Division, aided by the Polish Parachute Brigade, struggled to reach and hold the bridge against relentless and ultimately successful counter-attacks by crack German troops. To the west of the town Johnny and his King’s Own Scottish Borderers took part in fierce fighting trying to cross the Meuse-Escaut Canal. After struggling across the first little stream, they had then to launch the boats into the canal. This involved hauling the craft up a steep bushy incline of 45 degrees for some 15 feet. |
| 02/09/2018 |
Pte. John Porter |
On that day a vast aerial armada delivered the greatest airborne assault in history. Almost 12,000 parachute and glider-borne troops landed to seize the bridge over the Rhine at Arnhem in Holland. |
| 02/09/2018 |
Pte. John Porter |
Private John Porter was serving with the 5th Battalion of the King's Own Scottish Borderers when he was killed in action at Arnhem on Sunday 17th September 1944. |
| 02/09/2018 |
Pte. John Porter |
John Porter enlisted in 1934 at the age of 17, joining the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. |
| 02/09/2018 |
Pte. John Porter |
Prior to enlisting, John Porter lived at Union Road, Magherafelt. |
| 02/09/2018 |
Pte. John Porter |
Known family: John Porter, Mary Porter, John Porter (born about 1916). |
| 02/09/2018 |
Pte. John Porter |
John was born about 1916. |
| 02/09/2018 |
Pte. John Porter |
John Porter was the son of John and Mary Porter. |
