BORN HALIFAX 1893. LIVED IN HULL. SON OF ARTHUR DEAN (1873-1947) & SARAH ANN DEAN (1872-1928), OF GREENMOUNT TERRACE, HALIFAX. BROTHER TO ARTHUR AND FOUR SISTERS. HE MARRIED IN HALIFAX, ON 20/07/1914. HUSBAND OF VERA JESSIE SHINNS, OF 13 ANNS TERRACE, PARROTT STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). THEY HAD TWO SONS, AND TWIN BOYS WHO BOTH DIED IN INFANCY ON 15/03/1917. A BRASS WORKER, FOR THE WEST VALE BRASS COMPANY, HALIFAX.. A RESERVED OCCUPATION. HE WAS RELEASED BY HIS EMPLOYER FOR WAR SERVICE.
HE ENLISTED IN HALIFAX, ON 04/05/1916, AGED 22 YEARS AND 275 DAYS. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 5 INCHES TALL, 35.5 INCH CHEST, 130 LBS WEIGHT. HE ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 30/08/1916. POSTED AS PRIVATE, 20288, DUKE OF WELLINGTONS, 9TH WEST RIDING REGIMENT, ON 14/09/1916. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, AT ARRAS, ON 25/04/1917, AGED 24. HE HAD SERVED IN THE ARMY FOR 1 YEAR AND 78 DAYS. IS COMMEMORATED ON THE ARRAS MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, WHO MOVED TO 47 CLARENDON STREET, HULL, FLORAL GROVE, ETON STREET AND 52 TADMAN STREET, HULL. HER PENSION WAS REDUCED DUE TO HER TWINS DYING A MONTH BEFORE HER HUSBANDS DEATH. SHE REMARRIED ANOTHER SOLDIIER ON 03/09/1917 AND MOVED TO BERRY HILL COTTAGES, MANSFIELD.
