210417 Fred Porter British Army Royal Army Medical Corps from:Boston, Lincolnshire Fred Porter was born in Boston, Lincolnshire and was training as a chemist, when he went to the Somme in 1914-1918 as an army medic. My husband, his grandson said that he would never discuss any of his experiences with the family. Whilst in or around Puchevillers (near Amiens) he attended a young lady who was unwell. Her name was Leone Sidonie Catherine Acloque and they became very close. At the end of the war he brought her to London where they were married in 1918. In WW2 she was a staunch supporter of the Free French who visited her home in England. Her poor sister Alice, a civilian, was imprisoned by the Germans in Amiens and was unfortunately a victim of the allied bombing "Operation Jericho"
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