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Lance Corporal JOHN WILLIAM FRANCIS DEAN

Service Number: 27425
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Suffolk Regiment

12th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 22 January 1917

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GUARDS' CEMETERY, COMBLES

II. C. 3.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Harriett Dean, of 47, Rushton St., Bridport Place, Hoxton, London. Native of Shoreditch. London.
  • Personal Inscription AFAR HE SLEEPS THE CANNONS ROAR DISTURBS HIS CALM REPOSE NO MORE
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Buried or commemorated at

GUARDS' CEMETERY, COMBLES
Somme France
Number of casualties: 186
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