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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 at Low Fell, Durham.
|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.  Served in 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 from Army 1946.  TARO 1/9/1948 to 17/11/1954 - ceased commitment on age grounds, retaining the rank of Captain.
|Company/Battery=C Coy, HQ Coy
|Task or role=Company Commander
|Joined Brigade=10-Jul-40
|Died/Killed in action=22/2/1984 at home.  Death registered in Newcastle upon Tyne.
|Home address=Son of William Buckle Deane and Florence E. Deane (nee Clark).  In 1911 Census shown as living with his family at 79, Bewick Road, Gateshead.  Married Olga M (Murray or Parry) in Q2 in Northumberland South District.  Home Guard 1943.  Commanded the PWX Camp Road Recce Party which entered Berlin on 1/7/1945 and claimed to be the first British unit to do so.  Lived at 3, Ashleigh Crescent, Newcastle upon Tyne.
|Source table=10DLI
}}