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image captionPte Towers braved heavy machine gun fire and barbed wire as he raced to the stranded platoon
A Victoria Cross awarded to a World War One soldier who braved enemy fire to deliver orders to a stranded platoon has sold for £248,000 at auction.
Pte James Towers received the medal for volunteering to take the orders despite having seen five messengers shot down in Mericourt, France in October 1918.
More than a decade later, the Broughton farmer told a newspaper he felt he had to help, as they were my pals .
Christopher Mellor-Hill, spokesman for Dix Noonan Webb auctioneers said Pte Towers display of supreme courage and determination [was] a great inspiration to all ranks .