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VC1218 Patrick Anthony Porteous
Name Patrick Anthony Porteous No.
VC Issue No. 1218 Awards VC
Regiment Royal Regiment of Artillery
Later
Now
Rank VC Won Temporary Major
Rank End Of Career Colonel
Place Of Birth Abbotabad, North West Frontier, Pakistan
Place Of Death
Buried/Location Ashes St Mary's Churchyard, Funtington, Sussex, England
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no.
Gazetted 2 October 1942
VC Presented 28 October 1942 by King George VI at Buckingham Palace, London, England
Memorials
P Headstone, St Mary's Churchyard, Funtington, Sussex, England
P Named on First Wifes Grave, All Saints Cemetery, Freshwater, Isle of Wight
P Named on Raid on Dieppe Memorial, National Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas, Staffordshire
P Named on Commando Memorial, National Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas, Staffordshire
P Named on Victoria Cross Memorial Board, Dining Hall, Wellington School, Berkshire
P Named on Victoria Cross Memorial, Great School, Wellington School, Berkshire
P Named on VC Memorial at Royal Artillery Chapel, Woolwich, London
P Named on Honours Board, RMA Woolwich, Now at RMA Sandhurst, Surrey
P Named on Honours Board, , RMA Sandhurst, Surrey
La Rue Capitaine Porteous, Belleville-sur-mer, Dieppe, Seine-Maritime, France
By The Way…
VC Held By
Unknown
BORN 1 January 1918
DIED 9 October 2000 AGE 82
VC Won 19 August 1942 AGE 24
Place VC Won Dieppe, Seine-Maritime, France
War/Campaign Second World War
