THE VICTORIA CROSS AND CAMPAIGN MEDALS AWARDED TO SERGEANT JOHN READITT, 6TH BN, SOUTH LANCASHIRE REGIMENT HAVE BEEN SOLD AT AUCTION BY SPINK OF LONDON. |
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27 April 2000 |
The Victoria Cross and campaign medals awarded to Sergeant John Readitt, 6th Bn, South Lancashire Regiment, have been sold at auction by Spink of London. The VC group realised a sale hammer price of £40,000. The John Readitt VC group was purchased by the Michael Ashcroft Trust the holding institution for the Lord Ashcroft VC Collection. The medal group has gone on display in the Imperial War Museum's Lord Ashcroft Gallery.
For the award of the Victoria Cross [ London Gazette, 5 July 1917 ], Alqayat-al-Gaharbigah Bend, Mesopotamia, 25 February 1917, Private John Readitt, 6th Bn, South Lancashire Regiment.
For most conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty ( Alqayat-al-Gaharbigah Bend, Mesopotamia ) when working down a broad, deep water-course.
John Readitt was invested with his Victoria Cross by King George V at Buckingham Palace on the 26 November 1919.
John Readitt died on the 9 June 1964 in Manchester and was buried in the city's Gorton Cemetery. |
Iain Stewart, 27 April 2000