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Trooper Potts VC Memorial

Frederick William Owen Potts
Reading 1892 - Reading 1943
English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces
(Wikipedia)

Tom Murphy
Singer / Morris Singer / William Morris (London)
2015

Description

Statue group showing Trooper Fred Potts rescuing Trooper Arthur Andrews at the Battle of Scimitar Hill, Gallipoli, 1915. For this action Potts was awarded the Victoria Cross.
Unveiled on 4 October 2015.

Inscription(s)

TROOPER FREDERICK WILLIAM OWEN POTTS VC
GALLIPOLI AUGUST 21-23 1915

Signature

Sculptor tom murphy 2015
Morris-Singer founders

Sculptor

Tom Murphy (Whiston, Lancashire, 1949), British sculptor from Liverpool (Website – Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

The Trooper Potts Memorial Site, Website.

Locatie (N 51°27'23" - W 0°58'1") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: gbse199; Photograph: 20 March 2019
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