29 November 2009

876392 Gnr Edward Dean, Royal Artillery

876392 Gunner Edward Dean of 10 Battery, 7th Anti Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, died on the 29th November 1940 whilst serving on the island of Malta. He was 20 years old and the Son of Sydney Thomas Dean and Ellen Dean of Farington in Lancashire. Edward was born in Preston and living in Preston when he enlisted. He is buried in Malta's Pembroke Military Cemetery.

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

Sources:

Ancestry.co.uk (1939-1945 Roll of Honour)
Commonwealth War Graves Commission

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