Maurice Dease
Military Person
1889 – 1914
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Who was Maurice Dease?
Maurice James Dease VC was a British Army officer during the First World War. He was one of the first British officer battle casualties of the war and the first posthumous recipient of the Victoria Cross in the war.
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- Born
- Sep 28, 1889
Coole, County Westmeath - Also known as
- Maurice James Dease
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Education
- Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
- Lived in
- County Westmeath
- Died
- Aug 23, 1914
Mons - Resting place
- St Symphorien Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery
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on July 23, 2013
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