Orders, Decorations and Medals

Military Cross, G.V.R., reverse inscribed (2nd Lt. Albert Dean Durham Light Infantry. Ypres. 17th Sept. 1918) together with related Bronze Memorial Plaque (Albert Dean) extremely fine (2) £550-650

M.C. London Gazette 1 February 1919:

‘T/Lt. Albert Dean, Durham Light Infantry, attd. 29th Bn.

For gallantry and great coolness under fire at Ypres on 17th September, 1918, in charge of a patrol sent out at dawn to discover if the enemy had withdrawn. In face of strong resistance in broad daylight from two enemy machine guns forty yards away and a hostile bombing party, he displayed splendid leadership and coolness in leading his patrol. On retiring after having achieved his objective he superintended the removal of the wounded and brought his patrol safely back to our lines under heavy fire from machine guns and snipers the whole time.’

Second Lieutenant Albert Dean died of wounds on 15 October 1918, and he is buried in La Kreule Military Cemetery, Hazebrouck, France.

There are many references to Dean in Durham Forces in the Field, 1914-1918. Volume 2 states that he was killed near the Lys on the night of 14/15 October 1918.

Sold with copied gazette entry and m.i.c.