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VC523 Maurice James Dease
BORN 28 September 1889
DIED 23 August 1914 AGE 24
VC Won 23 August 1914 AGE 24
Place VC Won Mons, Belgium
War/Campaign First World War 1914
Name Maurice James Dease No. POSTHUMOUS
VC Issue No. 523 Awards VC
Regiment Royal Fusiliers, 4th Battalion, C Company
Later
Now Royal Regiment of Fusiliers
Rank VC Won Lieutenant
Rank End Of Career Lieutenant
Place Of Birth Gaulstown, Coole, Co. Westmeath, Ireland
Place Of Death Nimy Bridge, Mons, Belgium
Buried/Location Ashes St Symphorien Military Cemetery, 3 miles south east of Mons, Belgium
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone (CWGC) Plot/Grave no. Plot V, Row B, Grave 2
Gazetted 16 November 1914
VC Presented Registered post to his family on 11 January 1915
Memorials
P Headstone, St Symphorien Military Cemetery, 3 miles south east of Mons, Belgium
P Named on South Woodchester War Memorial, Gloucestershire
P Memorial in Catholic Officers' Association Roll of Honour, Westminster Cathedral, London
P Memorial & portrait at Stonyhurst College, Lancashire
P Named on the Gainsborough Cross, Exton, Leicestershire
Named on memorial on Nimy Bridge, Mons, Belgium
P Named on memorial headstone, Coole R.C. Churchyard, Coole, Co. Westmeath, Ireland
P Named on memorial, Sandhurst Memorial Chapel, Camberley, Surrey
P Named on war memorial, St Tarcisus R.C. Church, Camberley, Surrey
Named on war memorial, Wimbeldon College Chapel, Edgehill, Wimbeldon, sth London
Victoria Cross Commemorative Paving Stone, Cross Of Sacrifice, Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin, Ireland
Memorial Plaque, St Martin's Church, Culmullen, Co Meath, Ireland
By The Way…
Awarded the first posthumous Victoria Cross of The Great War
VC Held By
Royal Regiment of Fusiliers (City of London) Museum, H M Tower of London, London, England
Many thanks to David Knight of Stonyhurst College, Lancashire, for the photos of the memorial at the college
Thank you to J McKevitt & Ger O’Connor for photo of memorial headstone at Coole
