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Location
In All Saints Cemetery, Freshwater, Isle of Wight Description Private grave marker, identifes Lois [Roome] as the wife of Patrick Porteous VC included as a reference to a VC holder |
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Grave marker
Photo courtesy of Monuments to Courage (Victoria Cross website) |
Inscription
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ALSO THEIR DAUGHTER LOIS MARY WIFE OF MAJOR P.A. PORTEOUS V.C. R.A. DIED AT SINGAPORE 7TH OCTOBER 1953 AGED [..] Further Information
On 19 August 1942 at Dieppe, France, Captain Porteous was liaison officer between
two detachments whose task was to attack the heavy coast defence guns. During the
initial assault Captain Porteous, with the smaller detachment was shot through the
hand, but he nevertheless disarmed and killed his assailant, thereby also saving
the life of a British sergeant. In the meantime the two officers of the other
detachment had been killed and the Troop Sergeant Major seriously wounded, so
Captain Porteous, in the face of withering fire, dashed across open ground to take
command and led the men in a successful charge against the enemy, when he was
severely wounded for the second time. He continued to the final objective, however,
but eventually collapsed after the last gun had been destroyed.
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