William's sister Florence, a teenager at the time of his death possessed the following memorabilia until her death in 1999. At which point they were passed to her great nieces Joanne & Alison Dean :- Letter from William to brothers Jim and Harry written while training at Tidworth (about pigeon bet) Imperial War Graves Commission paper on location of William's grave in Vermelles, France Poster Letters from William Picture of William Penny from King George V on death (Dead Man's Penny) Will; papers from War Office about him being gassed & hospitalised. Letter from Cavalry Record Office informing his mother of burial place at Vermelles, France. Photograph of Queen Mother & William's brother Jim at Colne War Memorial in 1930 Book of names Letter from William's captain informing his mother off his death + cap badge Letters from his mother Birth certificate of sister Florence || Private William Dean, 18th Hussars was born in 1893? in Colne. He joined the army in February 1910. According to the contributor he was aged 19 yrs 5 months and spent 5 years in the reserves. He was gassed while serving in France and spent time in hospital. He was killed 10 February 1916 aged 23 ? buried at Vermelles, France. He was shot dead in France from a bullet which passed through his cap badge. Please note that Liz Danskin is in fact the cataloguer, who has entered this data on behalf of contributor Joanne Dean.

This isn't a long story to put here, but every little counts. Some years ago, I was given a small box with a lot of things in it, after my Great-Grandmother died. The box is a green, cardboard box that once contained 100 Churchman's No.1 cigarettes. It actually now contained my Great-Grandfather's medals and other wartime things. Some of what's in the box shows more than just a war record, but also a little of the record of his capture during whichever battle he was part of, early in the war. I don't know which, although it could be either Festubert or Loos in 1915. This is due to the box containing German and Netherlands coins and a ticket, which is labelled for 5 pfennig and Gefangenen-lager Zollverein, which I think is a detention camp money ticket. His medals are in the box, so are his metal clothing tags showing T 18 London, or smaller ones showing T London. I have his coat buttons with the London Irish Rifles insignia on them and also some bits of cloth, his soap with something carved on it and, much more interesting to me as a young boy when I got this, his 6-sided brass put and take game. As he died young and my great-grandmother didn't talk much about him, we didn't know much about his wartime life. Both I and my brother have tried to find stuff on the Internet, but we don't seem to get too far. || British War Medal, Victory Medal, both with a Service Wounded Stripe on their ribbons. Single Service Wounded Stripe. 3 brass flat-strip Service Wounded Stripes (with No. 4 printed on them). 2 T 18 London clothing tags, metal. Single T London clothing tag in metal, probably a hat insignia. 1 small and 1 tiny brass buttons with royal insignia on them. 4 large, 6 medium and one small buttons with London Irish Rifle insignia. 1 brown soap with something carved into it. 1 put and take brass game. A 5 Pfennig ticket from Gefangenen-lager Zollverein. 6 Dutch coins 6 German coins. A piece of light-brown cloth A piece of dark blue cloth with a button sown onto it.

Bronze memorial plaque or Dead man's penny for Edgar Nuttall