52841 Captain Richard Whitaker PORRITT, MP, 1/5 Lancashire Fusiliers: 26/05/1940

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  1. BereniceUK

    BereniceUK Well-Known Member

    In St Paul's Church, Grange-over-Sands, Lancashire (now in the administrative county of Cumbria).

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    THE OAKEN PEWS IN THIS CHURCH
    WERE GIVEN IN 1949 BY
    LT. COL. A.T. PORRITT J.P. D.L. T.D.
    IN MEMORY OF HIS WIFE
    ANNIE L. PORRITT,
    WHO DIED 11TH JULY 1943
    AND OF THEIR SON
    CAPT. RICHARD W. PORRITT M.P.
    WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION
    AT SECLIN, 26TH MAY 1940

    THE PARTING IS BUT HERE,
    AND FOR A DAY.

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  3. Bernard85

    Bernard85 WW2 Veteran WW2 Veteran

    good day bereniceUK.sm yesterday,07:19pm.re:captain r.w. poritt mp,lancashire fusilliers. may he rest in peace a great memorial and a fine house of worship thank you for posting.regards bernard85. :poppy: :poppy:
     
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  4. Drew5233

    Drew5233 #FuturePilot 1940 Obsessive

    Thanks for the link Kyle- Reading at the bottom he was the first MP to die in WW2 according to the newspaper cutting.
     
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    I was told, while visiting the church, that there are ongoing discussions about whether to remove some of the pews. A few have been removed in the past with some of the wood being turned into bookshelves in the church.
     
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    CWGC details:

    Casualty Details | CWGC
    Name and Rank: CAPTAIN RICHARD WHITAKER PORRITT
    Service Number: 52841
    Regiment & Unit/Ship: Lancashire Fusiliers, 1/5th Bn.
    Date of Death: Died 26 May 1940
    Age 29 years old
    Buried or commemorated at
    SECLIN (DE BERGAULT) COMMUNAL CEMETERY
    Grave 1.
    Location: France
    Additional Info: Son of Lt.-Col. Austin Townsend Porritt, T.D., D.L., J.P., and of Annie Louise Porritt (nee Law-Schofield), of Grange-over-Sands, Lancashire. Honours Graduate, Cambridge University. Member of Parliament for the Heywood and Radcliffe Division of Lancaster, 1935-1940.
     
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