Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Street
- District
- Reading
- Town
- Reading
- County
- Berkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), VC or GC Recipients
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 5 April 2014
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 66306
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Current location
Trooper Potts Way
Northern Interchange
Reading Station
Reading
Reading
Berkshire
RG1 8BT
England
OS Grid Ref: SU 71539 73975
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- A street renamed in memory of Trooper Frederick Potts VC, with an associated road sign.
- Inscription
- TROPPER POTTS WAY/ FREDERICK WILLIAM OWEN POTTS VC/ GALLIPOLI 21 - 23 AUGUST 1915.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Potts, Frederick
See details - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 1
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,rank,forename,additional,decorations
Order of information: Undefined - VC or GC Recipients
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 1
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,rank,forename,additional,decorations
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Street / Road
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined
- Street / Road
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Corporate
- Reference
- 'POTTS Frederick William Owen', Monuments to Courage: Victoria Cross Headstones and Memorials, David Harvey (1999), p. 347.
- 'Street renamed in honour of Reading's only Victoria Cross winner, Trooper Fred Potts', Reading Chronicle Online: [www.readingchronicle.co.uk/news/13403959.Street_renamed_in_honour_of_Reading_s_only_Victoria_Cross_winner__Trooper_Fred_Potts/]
- 'Reading street named after WW1 hero Trooper Potts', BBC News website: [www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-26904586]
- 'Reading to name street after WWI hero Trooper Potts', BBC News website: [www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-26735260]
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