RAF JS50/42/10c COLONEL PATRICK PORTEOUS VC SIGNED THE RAID ON DIEPPE COVER

RAF JS50/42/10c COLONEL PATRICK PORTEOUS VC SIGNED THE RAID ON DIEPPE COVER (image 1/1)
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RAF The Raid on Dieppe Operation Jubilee Signed Ltd Edition Cover 18/19 August 1942 Signed by :: Colonel Patrick Anthony Porteous VC Certified No 535 of 750 Issued Patrick Anthony Porteous 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 was commissioned in the Royal Regiment of Artillery in 1937. 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 was awarded 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, 1942, Major Porteous was detailed to act as Liaison Officer between the two detachments whose task was to assault the heavy coast defence guns. In the initial assault Major Porteous, working with the smaller of the two detachments, was shot at close read more
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