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    Memorial

    Trooper F Potts VC-Street

    Trooper Potts VC Way sign

    Source: Copyright Richard Bennett

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    Current Location

    Trooper Potts Way, Northern Interchange, Reading Station, Reading, Reading, Berkshire, RG1 8BT, England

    OS Grid Reference

    SU 71539 73975

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    © WMR-66306

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    Type of Memorial
    Street
    WMR Reference Number
    66306
    Description
    A street renamed in memory of Trooper Frederick Potts VC, with an associated road sign.
    Inscription
    TROPPER POTTS WAY/ FREDERICK WILLIAM OWEN POTTS VC/ GALLIPOLI 21 - 23 AUGUST 1915.
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    1
    Served
    1
    Information shown
    surname,rank,forename,additional,decorations
    Number Commemorated
    1
    Served
    1
    Information shown
    surname,rank,forename,additional,decorations
    Sponsor Type
    corporate

    Ceremonies

    Unveiled

    5 April 2014

    Local Clergy/Dignitaries

    Components

    Street / Road


    Condition: Good


    • 'POTTS Frederick William Owen', Monuments to Courage: Victoria Cross Headstones and Memorials, David Harvey (1999), p. 347.
    • 'Reading to name street after WWI hero Trooper Potts', BBC News website: [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-26735260]
    • 'Reading street named after WW1 hero Trooper Potts', BBC News website: [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-26904586]
  • 'Street renamed in honour of Reading's only Victoria Cross winner, Trooper Fred Potts', Reading Chronicle Online: [http://www.readingchronicle.co.uk/news/13403959.Street_renamed_in_honour_of_Reading_s_only_Victoria_Cross_winner__Trooper_Fred_Potts/]