Look up help request for Alfred Herbert Fortt

[Jason Jase]

I am trying to see what I can find on my Great grandfather Alfred Herbert Fortt born  17 DEC 1870 -  9 AUG 1941
He was a life long military man, politician, business owner, etc in Somerset England. I have a ton of information on him as well as a bunch of military photos.
I was trying to fill in the gaps since I could only find some posting announcements that where in old Newspapers that my mom tracked tracked down.

what I found was ;

6 Mar 1895
Volunteer Battalion the Prince Albert's Somersetshire light infantry
Alfred Herbert Fortt, posted as 2nd Lieutenant
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8 May 1896
Volunteer Battalion the Prince Albert's Somersetshire light infantry
A.H.Fortt posted as 2nd Lieutenant along side of a F.S.White
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4 Jun 1898
Volunteer Battalion the Prince Albert's Somersetshire light infantry
promoted to Captin
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23 June 1906
Volunteer Battalion the Prince Albert's Somersetshire light infantry
demoted to Lieutenant
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27 Sep 1911
Volunteer Battalion the Prince Albert's Somersetshire light infantry
resigned his position as Lietenant
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26 Mar 1920
 Somersetshire light infantry A.H. Fortt relinquishes his commission and is granted the honorary rank of Major

I was wondering what he did during WWI and trying to get a bit more information on his military career. (note he often went by A.H. Fortt)

[Kay99]

14 August 1915 - Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette -

Somerset County Volunteer Regiment

Bath Battalion.— To be Commandant: Major Stonhouse-Gostlmg. To be Adjutant: Mr. Alfred Herbert Fortt.

Kay

[Kay99]

16 February 1917 - Wells Journal

Somerset County Volunteer Regiment
2nd Battalion Bath - D Company - 15th Paltoon Wells Detachment Orders

The following appeared in the London Gazette of the 10th February;—“ Somerset Volunteer Regiment: Temporary Captain Alfred Herbert Fortt to temporary Major and command (3rd December, 1916).

Kay

[Jason Jase]

Thank you

[tonepad]

Publication Date
22 September 1916
The London Gazette, Supplement 29762, Page 9330
…er (late Capt., RoyalWar. Regt.).Somerset Volunteer Regt.?2nd Bn.?Thefollowing to be temp. Capts.: ? Alfred Herbert Fortt (late Capt. 1st V.B.Som. L.I.).Henry George Kersley (late Capt. 1stV.B. Som. L.I.).Stuart Carter (l…


https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/29762/supplement/9330


Tony

[Jason Jase]

Thanks for that
I know A.H. Fortt was a life long military man. I am rather certain he spent WW1 in England training the troops. Something he was involved in well before the war.
His factory Fortt`s Bath Oliver biscuits produced hundreds of thousands of biscuits which he donated to feed the troops abroad.
His factory was targeted in the blitz and hit with a 500 lbs bomb. That bomb destroyed the part of the back side of the building, yet due to the large size of the factory did not stop the food production.