Biography:
William James Dean
1892 –08/09/1916
William James Dean
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WILLIAM JAMES DEAN 1892 -1916
William was born in Berkhamsted and to Herbert and Amy Dean (née Rance). He was the eldest son born to the couple. His father, Herbert, was a static engine driver and he died in 1909. The family lived in Highfield Road, Holliday Street and lastly Gravel Path.
William worked as a labeller at Cooper’s Chemical works.
He enlisted into the Bedfordshire Regiment but later was transferred to the Worcestershire Regiment.
He married Susan Violet Thorn in Berkhamsted early in 1916 but was killed in action on 8th September that year. He was buried in the Berks Cemetery Extension near Ypres, Belgium.
He is remembered on the town's war memorial and also commemorated here on his parents' grave.His widow married Robert Davies in 1920.
( Information taken from “Men of Berkhamsted, Lest We Forget” – Berkhamsted Local History & Museum Society, 2017.)
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WILLIAM JAMES DEAN 1892 -1916
William was born in Berkhamsted and to Herbert and Amy Dean (née Rance). He was the eldest son born to the couple. His father, Herbert, was a static engine driver and he died in 1909. The family lived in Highfield Road, Holliday Street and lastly Gravel Path.
William worked as a labeller at Cooper’s Chemical works.
He enlisted into the Bedfordshire Regiment but later was transferred to the Worcestershire Regiment.
He married Susan Violet Thorn in Berkhamsted early in 1916 but was killed in action on 8th September that year. He was buried in the Berks Cemetery Extension near Ypres, Belgium.
He is remembered on the town’s war memorial and also commemorated here on his parents’ grave.
His widow married Robert Davies in 1920.
( Information taken from “Men of Berkhamsted, Lest We Forget” – Berkhamsted Local History & Museum Society, 2017.)
