page_title: Fred Potts
section_title: Memorial in Reading
hierarchical_section_title: Fred Potts / Memorial in Reading
caption_attribution_description: English: After the unveiling ceremony on 4 October. Sculpture of Trooper Potts VC ( left) rescuing Trooper Andrews. Roll of Honour listing 426 men of The Berkshire Yeomanry against the railings
context_page_description: Frederick William Owen Potts, VC, more commonly known as Trooper Fred Potts, was an English 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.
context_section_description: During Prime Minister's Questions on 20 January 2010, Martin Salter, Member of Parliament for Reading West, indicated that there were plans to provide a permanent memorial to Trooper Potts. It was announced in May 2014 that the memorial would be sited just outside Forbury Gardens, on the open paved area opposite the Crown Court / The Forbury Hotel.
  The Trooper Potts VC Memorial Trust  was established to raise the necessary funds to build the memorial in 2010, gaining charitable status in 2012. The trust raised the £150,000 required.
  Liverpool sculptor Tom Murphy designed the memorial. The life-sized, cast-bronze sculpture was installed on 2 October 2015.
  A roll of honour lists the names of 426 men of The Berkshire Yeomanry who gave their lives in the wars of the twentieth century. They are listed by war, by rank and then alphabetically and at the centre is a quote from John F Kennedy.
caption: Sculpture of Trooper Potts VC (to the left) and Trooper Andrews. Against the railings is the roll of honour
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