Acting Chief Petty Officer William (Bill) Porte RN


William (Charlie) Porte MiD
    30.11.05 - 25.02.67
   
 

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Date and place of birth 30th November 1905 at Hull, Yorkshire

Petty Officer (TC) (Royal Navy) Mine Sweepers
Service Number  J101896  Devonport     

Royal Naval Record  23/03/21 - 29/01/46  (boys service 23rd March 1921)
Date and period of engagement: 30th November 1923 for 12 years
Date and period of re-engagement: 9th November 1935 to complete time for pension
 

Mentioned in Despatches, London Gazette reference 37119, on 14th June 1945

Ships/Establishments

HMS Impregnable

photograph

 23/03/21 14/09/21
HMS Monarch photograph 15/09/21 05/04/22
HMS Vivid shore establishment 06/04/22 08/06/22
HMS Resolution photograph 09/06/22 03/01/24
HMS Vivid shore establishment 04/01/24 08/01/24
HMS Carysfort photograph 09/01/24 05/01/25
HMS Vivid shore establishment 06/01/25 26/08/26
HMS Malaya photograph 27/09/29 20/09/27
HMS Queen Elizabeth photograph 21/09/29 12/02/29
HMS Valiant photograph 13/02/29 07/03/29
HMS Vivid shore establishment 08/03/29 26/04/29
HMS Defiance 27/04/29 19/06/29
HMS Vivid shore establishment 20/06/29 06/05/30
HMS Berwick photograph 07/05/30 11/10/32
HMS Vivid shore establishment 12/10/32 09/01/33
HMS Rodney photograph 10/01/33 30/08/34
HMS Calypso photograph 31/08/34 18/02/36
HMS Drake shore establishment 19/02/36 20/02/36
HMS Herald photograph 21/02/36 24/11/38
HMS Drake shore establishment 25/11/38 06/09/39
HMS St George information 07/09/39 17/01/40
HMS Drake shore establishment 18/01/40 22/02/40
HMS Gleaner photograph 23/02/40 03/08/41
HMS Drake   04/08/41 06/10/41
HMS Defiance shore establishment 07/10/41 29/01/42
HMS Spartiate no photograph 30/01/42 12/02/42
HMS Albrighton  * photograph 13/02/42 27/10/42
HMS Drake shore establishment 28/10/42 18/11/42
HMS Albrighton  * photograph 19/11/42 20/07/44
HMS Defiance shore establishment 21/07/44 21/11/44
HMS Bacchante no photograph 22/11/44 19/12/44
HMS Denbigh Castle photograph 20/12/44 13/02/45
HMS Drake shore establishment 14/02/45 11/05/45
HMS Seaham (minesweeper) information 13/05/45 08/06/45
HMS Minstrel (minesweeper) photograph 09/06/45 17/06/45
HMS Boscawan (HMS Minstrel) information 18/07/45 16/10/45
HMS Drake shore establishment 17/10/45 29/01/46

He was then released to shore in Class 'A' on 29th January 1946

 Ranks/Ratings held:    
 Able Bodied Seaman 18th Dec 1934  
 Acting Leading Seaman 19th Dec 1934 18th Dec 1935
 Leading Seaman 19th Dec 1935 6th Apr 1939
 Acting Petty Officer 7th Apr 1939 6th Apr 1940
 Petty Officer 7th Apr 1940 6th Apr 1942
 Acting Chief Petty Officer 13th Feb 1942 31st Dec 1943
 Petty Officer 1st Jan 1944 29th Jan 1946

Granted 3 Good Conduct Badges; Granted 1st *
                                             Granted 2nd 30th June 1932
                                             Granted 3rd  30th Nov 1936

Awarded Long Service and Good Conduct Medal 3rd January 1939
 
 Medals Awarded:
 1939-45 Star
 Atlantic Star with France and Germany Clasp
 Africa Star
 War Medal with Oak Leaf *

 *Mentioned in Despatches - London Gazette reference 37119 14th June 1945

On 29 July 2014 Danny Porte (Charlie's son) reports receiving his dad's Arctic Star medal