Memorial to Maurice DEASE and Sidney GODLEY - Mémorial Maurice DEASE et Sidney GODLEY - Gedenkteken voor Maurice DEASE en Sidney GODLEY, Nimy

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DEASE Maurice James

Britannique - Brits Conflit/Conflict: 1914 - 1918; Statut/Statuut: Tombé au champ d'honneur - Gevallen op het veld van eer
Naissance/Geboorte : Coole, County Westmeath, Ireland 1889-09-28; Décès/Overlijden : Nimy, HT, BE 1914-08-23
Grade - Régiment/Graad - Regiment :
Plus d'infos/Meer info: Lieutenant 4th Bn. Royal Fusiliers. Son of Edmund F. and Katherine M. Dease, of Levington, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath. One of the first British officer battle casualties of the war and the first posthumous recipient of the Victoria Cross of the war. Buried at Saint-Symphorien military cemetery, Hainaut, Belgium. An extract from "The London Gazette," dated 16th Nov., 1914 records the following: "Though two or three times badly wounded he continued to control the fire of his machine guns at Mons on 23rd Aug., until all his men were shot. He died of his wounds" (Sources [79]; [183])
Photos et autres documents/Foto's en andere documenten: https://bel-memorial.org/photos_hainaut/saint-symphorien/military_cemetery/DEASE_Maurice_James_82731.htm
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