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- Richard_Porritt_(politician) abstract "Captain Richard Whitaker Porritt (4 September 1910 – 26 May 1940) was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Heywood and Radcliffe and became the first British MP to be killed in World War II.Porritt was the son of Lt.-Colonel Austin Townsend Porritt, TD., DL, JP and of Annie Louise Porritt (née Law-Schofield), of Grange-over-Sands, Lancashire. He was educated at Marlborough College and was an Honours Graduate of Cambridge University. Porritt was elected to Heywood and Radcliffe seat at the age of 24 in 1935 and was one of the youngest MPs in the House of Commons. To commemorate the 1939 Canadian royal tour of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, Porritt anonymously founded a $23,400 trust fund to aid Fairbridge schools in Canada.Porritt was in the Officer Training Corps at Marlborough and was commissioned in the Lancashire Fusiliers regiment of the British Army in 1931 where he served in a Territorial Army unit. During World War II he served as a captain in the 1/5th Bn of the Lancashire Fusiliers and was killed in action in 1940 aged 29. He was killed in the town of Seclin, near Lille during the retreat to Dunkirk one day after the order to evacuate the allied force from France in the wake of the German offensive. The British Army were retreating towards the channel coast at the time trying to establish a defensive line behind which the evacuation was being progressed.Whilst some sources claim Ronald Cartland was the first MP to be killed, official sources and others confirm that Porritt was killed four days before Cartland who was killed on 30 May 1940In 1983 the town of Seclin named 'Square du Captaine R.W. Porritt' in honour of him. Porritt lies nearby in the Seclin (De Bergault) Communal Cemetery.".
- Richard_Porritt_(politician) battle Battle_of_France.
- Richard_Porritt_(politician) birthDate "1910-09-04".
- Richard_Porritt_(politician) birthYear "1910".
- Richard_Porritt_(politician) country United_Kingdom.
- Richard_Porritt_(politician) deathDate "1940-05-26".
- Richard_Porritt_(politician) deathPlace France.
- Richard_Porritt_(politician) deathPlace Seclin.
- Richard_Porritt_(politician) deathYear "1940".
- Richard_Porritt_(politician) militaryBranch British_Army.
- Richard_Porritt_(politician) militaryRank Captain_(British_Army_and_Royal_Marines).
- Richard_Porritt_(politician) militaryUnit Lancashire_Fusiliers.
- Richard_Porritt_(politician) party Conservative_Party_(UK).
- Richard_Porritt_(politician) region Heywood_and_Radcliffe_(UK_Parliament_constituency).
- Richard_Porritt_(politician) serviceEndYear "1940".
- Richard_Porritt_(politician) serviceStartYear "1931".
- Richard_Porritt_(politician) successor James_Wootton-Davies.
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- Richard_Porritt_(politician) wikiPageWikiLinkText "Richard Porritt".
- Richard_Porritt_(politician) after James_Wootton-Davies.
- Richard_Porritt_(politician) allegiance "United Kingdom".
- Richard_Porritt_(politician) almaMater "Cambridge University".
- Richard_Porritt_(politician) battles Battle_of_France.
- Richard_Porritt_(politician) before Joseph_Cooksey_Jackson.
- Richard_Porritt_(politician) birthDate "1910-09-04".
- Richard_Porritt_(politician) branch "23".
- Richard_Porritt_(politician) constituencyMp Heywood_and_Radcliffe_(UK_Parliament_constituency).
- Richard_Porritt_(politician) dateOfBirth "1910-09-04".
- Richard_Porritt_(politician) dateOfDeath "1940-05-26".
- Richard_Porritt_(politician) deathDate "1940-05-26".
- Richard_Porritt_(politician) deathPlace France.
- Richard_Porritt_(politician) deathPlace Seclin.
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- Richard_Porritt_(politician) name "Porritt, Richard Whitaker".
- Richard_Porritt_(politician) name "Richard Whitaker Porritt".
- Richard_Porritt_(politician) nationality "British".
- Richard_Porritt_(politician) parliament "1935".
- Richard_Porritt_(politician) party Conservative_Party_(UK).
- Richard_Porritt_(politician) placeOfDeath France.
- Richard_Porritt_(politician) placeOfDeath Seclin.
- Richard_Porritt_(politician) predecessor Joseph_Cooksey_Jackson.
- Richard_Porritt_(politician) rank Captain_(British_Army_and_Royal_Marines).
- Richard_Porritt_(politician) restingplace "Seclin Communal Cemetery".
- Richard_Porritt_(politician) serviceyears "1931".
- Richard_Porritt_(politician) shortDescription "British politician".
- Richard_Porritt_(politician) successor James_Wootton-Davies.
- Richard_Porritt_(politician) termEnd "1940".
- Richard_Porritt_(politician) title "Member of Parliament for Heywood and Radcliffe".
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