Dean David Pte 4456044

Personnel Entry

Pte D Dean's CWGC headstone.

Name Dean David
Army number 4456044
Rank Pte
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Born 1919/20.
Age 20 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, but probably May 1939. Posted to the ? 9th Battalion. Posted to the ? 12th Bn DLI 1/9/1939. Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish. Served with the B.E.F. in Northern France. KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40, Authority:- L. Casualties.
Company/Battery HQ Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Not yet known.
Joined Brigade 1/9/1939.
Promotions None known.
Wounded Not yet known.
Prisoner of War No.
Died/Killed in action KILLED in ACTION 20-May-40 at Ficheux. Buried Memorial Plot 8, Row F, Grave 11, BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY, Ficheux. His headstone inscription reads: GREATER HONOUR HATH NO MAN THAN THIS. GOD'S GREATEST GIFT, REMEMBRANCE.
Home address Son of Charles Thomas and Henrietta Dean, Low Fell.
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