The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private L Dean

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Private Louis DEAN, G/1953, 7th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, death assumed on or since, 24th August 1916, age 21.

Born, Mottingham, Kent, son of Louis Phillip and Annie Jane Dean, of 3, White Horse Hill, Chislehurst, Kent.

1911 Census - 20 Victoria Road, White Horse Hill, Chislehurst, Kent - Louis Phillip Dean, head, age 38, married, carman, born Harrow, Middlesex; Annie Jane Dean, wife, age 38, married 18 years, 14 children, 6 still alive, born Mottingham, Kent; Frederick George Dean, son, age 18, single, out of work, born Chislehurst, Kent; Louis Phillip Dean, son, age 17, single, factory, born Chislehurst, Kent; Kathleen Jane Dean daughter, age 14, born Chislehurst, Kent; Harry William Dean, son, age 11, born Chislehurst, Kent; Florence May Dean, daughter, age 6, born Chislehurst, Kent; Edward William Dean, son, age 3, born Chislehurst, Kent.

Enlisted Bromley, Kent, age 20 years & 6 months, weight 121lbs, fresh complexion, brown eyes, dark brown hair, scar right shoulder blade, two scars back of neck. Resided Chiselhurst, Kent. Formerly dustman?

Home 7th September 1914 to 25th July 1915; BEF 26th July 1915 to 24th August 1916.

7th September 1914, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 9th September 1914, posted 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 26th July 1915, posted BEF; 7th JUly 1916, wounded, gun shot wound, left leg; 24th August 1916, posted wounded & missing.

17th November 1920, Statement of Relatives - Father, Louis Phillip Dean, 3, White Horse Hill, Chislehurst, Kent; Mother, deceased; Brothers - Henry Dean, age 21, 3, White Horse Hill, Chislehurst, Kent; Teddy Dean, age 12, 3, White Horse Hill, Chislehurst, Kent; Half Brother, Cyril Dean, age 2, 3, White Horse Hill, Chislehurst, Kent; Sisters - Kathleen Dean, age 23, 17 Blandford Road, Ealing, W5; Florence Dean, age 15, 3, White Horse Hill, Chislehurst, Kent; Uncles - Harry Dean, age 52, Wildfield Road, Catford; Frederick Dean, age 50, address not known.

Commemorated at Ploegsteert Memorial Panel 8, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium.

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