THE CAMPAIGN MEDALS AWARDED TO COLONEL PATRICK PORTEOUS VC HAVE BEEN SOLD AT AUCTION BY GORRINGES OF LEWES, EAST SUSSEX. |
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12 June 2008 |
The campaign medals awarded to Colonel Patrick Porteous, Royal Artillery and No. 4 Commando, have been sold at auction by Gorringes of Lewes, East Sussex, for a hammer price of £14,000. It is believed that sometime during his lifetime Pat Porteous sold his Victoria Cross privately to an unidentified purchaser, replacing it with a 'copy'. Although attempts have been made to trace the buyer of the original Victoria Cross these have proved unsuccessful. For the award of the Victoria Cross [ London Gazette, 2 October 1942 ], Dieppe, France, 19 August 1942, T / Major Patrick Anthony Porteous, Royal Regiment of Artillery & No. 4 Commando.
At Dieppe on the 19th August 1942, Major Porteous was detailed to act as Liaison Officer between the two detachments whose task was to assault the heavy coast defence guns.
Patrick Porteous was invested with his Victoria Cross by King George VI at Buckingham Palace on the 27th October 1942.
After the landing force had withdrawn from Dieppe, Captain Pat Porteous received news of the award of his Victoria Cross from his mother while in hospital recovering from his wounds. |
Iain Stewart, 12 June 2008