Army Number : 43674

Battalion : 1st Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born and lived at Nottingham. Son of James and Helen Porter, of 19, Preston Street, Lenton, Nottingham. Husband of Florence Porter, of 52, Willoughby Street, New Lenton, Nottingham. He was cycle polisher prior to enlisting at Nottingham. He died of wounds, 12th March 1917, aged 25, at No. 13 Stationary Hospital, Boulogne, France.

Buried: Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, France. Plot 8. Row A. Grave 187.

Private Alexander Porter is also commemorated on the following local memorials :-
Lenton War Memorial, Lenton, Nottingham.