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The bizarre art of Scottie Wilson deserves to be better known

The bizarre art of Scottie Wilson deserves to be better known
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Victoria Cross: Inspiring WW1 messenger s medal sold for £248,000

BBC News Published image copyrightOther 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 .

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NORMAN WATSON: Rare Scottish VC goes to auction

NORMAN WATSON: Rare Scottish VC goes to auction Cameronians VC, (Dix Noonan Web). The Victoria Crosses awarded to Scottish regiments are, by and large, in national institutions, military museums or in the astonishing collection assembled by Lord Ashcroft at the Imperial War Museum. Few remain in private hands. There should be considerable interest, therefore, in the VC awarded to 21-year-old Private James Towers, 2nd Battalion, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), which comes up for sale this week at coin and medal specialists Dix Noonan Web in London. Pte Towers, with utter disregard for his own safety, volunteered to carry a vital message to a stranded platoon at Mericourt in October 1918, whilst in the knowledge that five of his comrades had already been in killed in turn making attempts to carry out the same task.

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Lancashire soldier s medal could fetch £180,000 | Lancaster And Morecambe Citizen

Lancashire soldier s medal could fetch £180,000 | Lancaster And Morecambe Citizen
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