Name
Lewis John Dean
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
28/03/1918
32
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
43472
Suffolk Regiment
2nd Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
CABARET-ROUGE BRITISH CEMETERY, SOUCHEZ
XIV. F. 12.
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Croxley Green Village Memorial, Croxley Green,
All Saints' Church Shrine, Croxley Green,
Rickmansworth Urban District Memorial
Pre War
He was formerly in the Bedfordshire Regiment. Lewis was born and christened in Croxley Green in 1886, the eldest of three children. In 1911, Lewis was living with his parents, John and Isabella, at 1 Briery Close Cottages, Croxley Green. He was a labourer and his father worked for the County Council as a roadman.
Recorded as enlisting in Watford.
Wartime Service
Lewis John Dean would have been about 32 years old and is buried at Souchez, near Lens. He was formerly in the Bedfordshire Regiment (19727).
Acknowledgments
Tanya Britton, Brian Thomson Croxley Green in the First World War Rickmansworth Historical Society 2014
