| Porter | R W | | Major | MID LG: 10 September 1901, page: 5945. Source: Field Marshal Roberts. 4 September 1901. Re: General mentions
This page contains all the London Gazette pages for the Boer War | Oxfordshire Light Infantry |
| Porter | R W | | | 1st Battalion
Source: QSA and KSA medal rolls | Oxfordshire Light Infantry |
| Porter | Reginald Whitworth | | Major | He died May 10th, 1902, of valvular disease of the heart, on board the transport Orotava in which he had been invalided home from South Africa. He was the eldest surviving son of Henry Aylmer Porter of Cranbourne Court, Windsor Forest, was born in May 1856, and educated at Cheltenham. He entered the Oxfordshire Light Infantry in September 1876, being promoted Captain January 1886, and Major November 1894. He served in the campaign on the North-West Frontier of India under Sir William Lockhart, 1897-98, with the 2nd Battalion of his regiment in the Mohmand Field Force, and with the Peshawur column and the 5th brigade of the Tirah Expeditionary Force, including the operations in the Bara Valley, receiving the medal with two clasps. During the South African war he took part in the march from Modder River to Bloemfontein, and was present in the engagements at Klip Drift, Paardeberg, Poplar Grove, and Driefontein, and the occupation of Bloemfontein. He afterwards served in the ORC, and performed the duties of commandant of Reitspruit and Assistant Provost Marshal at Heilbron. He was appointed 2nd in command of his battalion from September 1900, and served subsequently as Railway Staff Officer, and was mentioned in despatches, LG, September 10th, 1901, being awarded the DSO and the South African medal with four clasps and the King's medal with two clasps. Major Porter's name was inscribed on the Eleanor Cross Memorial erected at Cheltenham College to the memory of Cheltonians who fell in the war.
Source: Donner | Oxfordshire Light Infantry |
| Porter | Reginald Whitworth | | Major | PORTER, REGINALD WHITWORTH, Major, was born 18 May 1856. He entered the Oxford Light Infantry 6 September 1876, as Second Lieutenant from the Militia, becoming Captain 11 January 1886, and Major 9 November 1894. Major Porter served on the North-West Frontier of India, 1897-98, with the Mohmand Field and Tirah Expeditionary Forces (Medal with two clasps). He served in the South African War, 1899-1902, and was created a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order [London Gazette, 27 September 1901]: "Reginald Whitworth Porter, Major, Oxford Light Infantry. In recognition of services during the operations in South Africa". The Insignia were sent to Lord Roberts, and were presented by Major General Knox at Kroonstad 21 March 1902. Major Porter died of disease on 10 May 1902.
Source: DSO recipients (VC and DSO Book) | Oxfordshire Light Infantry |
| Porter | Robert | | Lieutenant Col | QSA (5)
Source: List of QSAs with the clasp Elandslaagte | Royal Army Medical Corps |
| Porter | Robert | 38166 | | Source: Attestation paper in WO126 | Brabant's Horse |
| Porter | Robert | 38166 | Trooper | Source: Nominal roll in WO127 | SAMIF |
| Porter | Robert | 1995 and 154 | Trooper | 1st Battalion
Source: Nominal roll in WO127 | Imperial Light Horse |
| Porter | Robert | | Lieutenant Colonel | QSA (5) CC Eland DoL OFS Tr. KCB, CMG, Ashanti Star, QSA (5), 1914 Star & Bar (Col), BWM, VM & MID (Maj Gen), Belg Order of the Crown, Cmdr, Belg Croix de Guerre. Seaby Jun 73 £600. Sotheby Dec 90 £2,200. Miniature medals DNW Sep 02 £380. DNW Dec 06 £4,200. Neate Mar 07 £5,995
Provisional list of recipients
Source: Ladysmith Siege Account and Medal Roll | Royal Army Medical Corps |
| Porter | Robert Andrew | 20750 | | Source: Attestation paper in WO126 | Brabant's Horse |
| Porter | Robert Andrew | 20750 | Trooper | 2nd Brabant's Horse
Source: Nominal roll in WO127 | Brabant's Horse |
| Porter | Robert Andrew | 24503 | Lance Sergeant | Source: QSA Medal Rolls | 62nd Company, 11th Btn, IY |
| Porter | Robert J | | | 2nd Battalion
Source: QSA and KSA medal rolls | Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers |
| Porter | Robet J | | | 2nd Battalion
Source: QSA and KSA medal rolls | Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers |
| Porter | Robt | | | 1st Battalion
Source: QSA and KSA rolls | Imperial Light Horse |
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