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Citation(s);
Military service
Service number:
760019
Age:
28
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
75th Bn.
Birth:
September 9, 1888
Derry
Enlistment:
October 19, 1915
Vancouver, British Columbia
Death:
June 9, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
II. A. I.
Additional information
Brother of Thomas Deane of Vancouver, British Columbia.
Additional citations
Military Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Digital gallery of Private William Deane
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Panel
Part of panel on Limavady War Memorial, Co. Londonderry, N. Ireland showing name of William Deane. The panel does not show that he was awarded the Military Medal, this will be investigated. Photograph taken 1st December 2007. -
War Memorial
War Memorial in Limavady, Co. Londonderry. The name of William Deane is on the panel left of the gold laurel wreath. Photograph taken 1st December 2007 -
Circumstances of death registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR. Surnames: Davy to Detro. Microform Sequence 27; Volume Number 31829_B016736. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 171. Page 303 of 1036. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Vancouver Daily Province July 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Vancouver Daily Province July 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From a World War 1 issue of the Vancouver Daily News Advertiser c.1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private William Deane
Digital gallery of
Private William Deane
Digital gallery of
Private William Deane
Digital gallery of
Private William Deane
Digital gallery of
Private William Deane
Digital gallery of
Private William Deane
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 226 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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