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Sgt. George Pocock Buxton Dean
British Army 1st Btn. Royal West Surrey Regiment
from:Chiswick
(d.31st Oct 1914)
My Grandfather, George Dean, husband of Ann Dean of 61 Sherwood St, Reading. He was an ambulance driver in Chiswick before the war. He served with the 1st Battalion, Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment during WW1 and died on the 31st October 1914. A memorial tablet in the shape of a shield was installed in the Fire Station & unveiled by the Vicar of Chiswick on 24 May 1921. Inscribed "In honoured memory of the following members of the Chiswick Fire Brigade who gave their lives in the Great War 1914-1918" - the 2 names on it were G.P.B. Dean and H. MacDonald.