Private William Dean (Private 5425)
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.
CONTRIBUTOR
Joanne Dean
DATE
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LANGUAGE
eng
ITEMS
75
INSTITUTION
Europeana 1914-1918
PROGRESS
METADATA
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