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4 unusual facts about Fred Potts


Fred Potts

His grave is at Reading Crematorium, whilst his medals are held by the Imperial War Museum.

Potts was born and raised on Edgehill Street in the Katesgrove area of Reading.

In 2009, as the result of the production of a BBC radio documentary on Potts, a reunion occurred between the relatives of the two soldiers at the Imperial War Museum.

Potts was born on 18 December 1892, and first came to public notice in 1913, when he saved a five year old boy named Charles Rex from drowning in the River Thames.



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