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{{Personnel
|Surname and forenames=Deane Cyril Ronald
|Army number=24888
|Rank=Captain
|Decorations=TD 9/5/46, Clasps 3/10/50
|Date of birth=27-Oct-04
|Age=0
|Unit=Durham Light Infantry -Commissioned as 2/Lt in 9th Bn 6/4/23, TA Reserve 26/4/32 to 6/6/39, Embodied 24/8/39, Posted to No 4 I.T.C., Posted 10th Bn DLI 10/7/1940, Iceland, Posted 30th Bn DLI 1/10/42 - Nov 42, Posted 14th Bn, Posted No 4 ITC 21/1/43 as Adjutant, Posted 13th Bn DLI (Home Guard) as Adjutant, Released 1946.  TARO 1/9/1948 to 17/11/1954 retaining rank of Captain.
|Company/Battery=C Coy, HQ Coy
|Task or role=Coy Cdr
|Joined Brigade=10-Jul-40
|Died/Killed in action=22-Feb-84 at home.
|Home address=Home Guard 1943.  Commanded the PWX Camp Road Recce Party which entered Berlin on 1/7/1945 and claimed to have commanded the first British unit to do so.  3, Ashleigh Crescent, Newcastle upon Tyne
|Source table=10DLI
}}