A very sincere thank you to all of you who have helped collect money by selling poppies. I will be writing to you formally in the week, but it is much appreciated.
A lot has been said about Fred Potts recently, and I thought you might like to see these two BBC audio slideshows (Part One and Part Two) which explain the scale of what he achieved. You may know that he holds the very special distinction of being the only person in the history of Reading to be awarded the Victoria Cross following his actions at Gallipoli in August 1915. He was 22 at the time.
He is known as the hero with the shovel because of he used this to transport a wounded man, Arthur Andrews, at the end of two days of hell. His actions risked his own life, and saved Andrews. After the war, Potts returned to Edgehill Road and became a master taylor.
The Potts VC Memorial Trust site can be found here.
Mr Kydd.