Person    | Male  Born 1892  Died 16/11/1940

Andrew Behan has kindly carried out some research on this man:
Sidney Murrell Portchmouth was born in 1892 in Buckland, Berkshire, the son of William Charles and Frances Jane Portchmouth, née Gee. His father was a police constable. The 1901 census shows him living in Buckland, Berkshire with his parents, 4 sisters and a brother. In April 1907 he was appointed as a Boy Messenger in the London Postal Service Controller's Department. In July 1910 he was promoted to the grade of Assistant Postman in Paddington and in December 1910 he became a Paperkeeper at the Post Office Savings Bank. The 1911 census shows him boarding with a family called Matthews at 31 Hormead Road W9 and his occupation was recorded as a Civil Servant, working for the Post Office. During World War 1 he served in three regiments, as a Sapper in the Royal Engineers, service number 47458, in the 8th Battalion City of London Regiment (Post Office Rifles), service number 48691, and the 7th Royal Fusiliers, service number GS/96069. He entered France on 1 December 1914 and was subsequently awarded the 1914-15 Star, the British War Medal 1914-1918 and the Victory Medal. On 7 May 1921 he married May Lucia Gardner at Trinity Church, Marylebone Road. Her address was shown as 89 Hallam Street, Marylebone, whilst he was shown only as residing in the parish of New Malden & Coombe, Surrey. His occupation was given as a Civil Servant. From 1927, electoral registers show him living with his wife at 51 Whitmore Gardens, NW10. It was here that on 16 November 1940 he was killed by a high explosive bomb, aged 49. He is buried in Willesden Municipal Borough Cemetery. Probate of his estate showed that his effects totalled £1,013-5s-10d.

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