Maurice Deane. Died 24 May 1916
Maurice was son of William and Laura Mary Deane. In 1901 William was a solicitor’s clerk and the family lived at Luckley Lodge, Finchampstead Road. By 1911 they had moved to The Cottage, Bearwood, where William was Estate Clerk.
Maurice was born in Wokingham in 1895 and worked as junior estate clerk before enlisting in Wokingham into the Royal Berkshire Regiment.
He served in the 4th Battalion and reached the rank of Lance Corporal (1625).
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He died on 24 May 1916 in Abbeville, which was a very large communication and hospital area on the French coast during the war. He is buried in the communal cemetery there.