January 25, 2024
40th ANNIVERSARY LIBERATION GUERNSEY SIGNED PORTEOUS VC
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Rare 40th Anniversary Liberation of Guernsey Ltd Edition Signed Cover Personally Signed by :: Colonel Pat Porteous MC Certified No 45 of only 50 Issued Postmarked :: Guernsey Post Office Herm Island - 9th May 1985 Cachette :: Commodore Shipping Company Cachette :: 40th Anniversdary Liberation of Guernsey 9th May 1945 Cachette on back of cover :: Carried from Guernsey to Herm Island by Herm Seaway Colonel Patrick Anthony Porteous VC Colonel Patrick Anthony Porteous VC (1 January 1918 – 9 October 2000) was a Scottish 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. Second World War Porteous joined the Royal Regiment of Artillery during the Second World War . On 26 August 1940 he was promoted to lieutenant. On 19 August 1942, he was 24 years old and a temporary captain attached to No. 4 Commando when he did the deed for which he wasawarded the VC, during the Dieppe Raid. The citation was published in a supplement to the London Gazette of 2 October 1942 and read: War Office, 2nd October, 1942. The KING has been graciously pleased to approve the award of The VICTORIA CROSS to: — Captain (temporary Major) Patrick Anthony Porteous (73033), Royal Regiment of Artillery (Fleet, Hants.). At Dieppe on the 19th August,
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