WW2 Victoria Cross Henry Foote VC signed Alamien cover, citation on back. Typed career details with cover fixed with corner mounts to the page. Foote was a Staff Officer from 1939 to 1942 and a member of the British Army Staff Mission, Washington, D.C. in 1941. In 1942 he was appointed Commanding Officer 7th Royal Tank Regiment and it was in this post that he won the Victoria Cross at the Battle of Gazala. During the period 27 May to 15 June 1942 in Libya, Lieutenant-Colonel Foote commanded his regiment with outstanding courage and leadership, always being at the crucial point at the right time. On 6 June, although wounded, he continued to lead his battalion from an exposed position on the outside of a tank, and succeeded in defeating the enemy's attempt to encircle two Allied divisions. On 13 June, when a number of Allied tanks had been destroyed, he went on foot, "from one tank to another, to encourage the crews under intense artillery and anti-tank fire". By "his magnificent example the corridor was kept open and the Brigade was able to march through". Shortly after this, Foote was captured and became a prisoner of war. However, he subsequently escaped and entered Switzerland in April 1944. It was only then that he learned he had been awarded the Victoria Cross. After a period as a General Staff Officer at Allied Forces Headquarters in 1944, he became second-in-command of the 9th Armoured Brigade in 1945. 

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