Colonel Patrick Anthony Porteous VC, who as a Scottish captain in the British commandos, received the Victoria Cross – the British Commonwealth's highest award for valour – for leading a bayonet charge against a German battery in the Dieppe Raid in 1942. He also saw action with the Royal Artillery in France, being evacuated from Dunkirk, and with No. 4 Commando in the D-Day Normandy landings.
- Occupation
- military personnel
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Born
- January 1, 1918
- Died
- October 9, 2000
