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VC991 Percy Thompson Dean
Name Percy Thompson Dean No.
VC Issue No. 991 Awards VC
Regiment Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
Later
Now
Rank VC Won Lieutenant
Rank End Of Career Lieutenant-Commander
Place Of Birth Buncer Lane, Blackburn, Lancashire, England
Place Of Death At his home, London, England
Buried/Location Ashes Golders Green Crematorium, Hoop Lane, London, England
Cremated Golders Green Crematorium, Hoop Lane, London, England
Date Buried/Cremated 22 March 1939
Headstone Ashes Plot/Grave no. Crocus lawn, Section 2B
Gazetted 23 July 1918
VC Presented 31 July 1918, King George V, Buckingham Palace, London, England
Memorials
P Named on Victoria Cross Memorial, Golders Green Crematorium, Golders Green, North West London
P Picture and Citation, Bromsgrove School Library, Worcester Road, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire
P Memorial Plaque, Town Hall, Blackburn, Lancashire
By The Way…
Between the wars, he was the Conservative MP for Blackburn.
VC Held By
Lord Ashcroft Collection / I.W.M.
BORN 20 July 1877
DIED 20 March 1939 AGE 61
VC Won 22-23 April 1918 AGE 40
Place VC Won Zeebrugge, Belgium
War/Campaign First World War 1918
