Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Canadian Memorial Cross, G.V.R. (405388. Spr. T. G. Potter.) remnants of solder to reverse, where brooch fitting has been removed, otherwise very fine £40-£50

Thomas George Potter was born in Birmingham, England in March 1884. He was a cabinet maker in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Potter served during the Great War with the 4th Field Company, Canadian Engineers on the Western Front. Sapper Potter was instantly killed in action when an enemy shell penetrated the roof of the dugout he was occupying in the trenches south east of Neuville-St. Vaast, 1 April 1917. The other occupants of the dugout, Sapper’s Bochel, Robertson and Yeates, were also killed by the blast.

Sapper Potter is buried in the Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France.