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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.

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

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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.

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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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