DEAN, Horace
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Rank:
Private
Unit / Base:
7 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Somerset Light Infantry
Service:
Army
Number:
5675816
P.O.W. number:
12131
P.O.W. camps:
Born:
Sunday, March 31, 1918
Birthplace:
Ripley Derbyshire
Horace Dean, a Mail Van Driver from Ripley, enlisted into the Armed Forces in February 1940 later volunteering for the commandos. He joined No.7 Commando embarking with them for the Middle East forming 'A' Battalion of Layforce. Private Dean was reported missing 2 June 1941 during operations at Crete, subsequently confirmed a prisoner of war.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/32.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/1.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/32.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/1.
German Record Cards of British POWs / National Archives file WO416/92/322.
Report in the Ripley and Heanor News, 25 May 1945, p3.
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