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Auction: 19003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 561

Volunteer Force Long Service (India & the Colonies), G.V.R. (Sergt. W. E. Dean Agra Vol Rifles), good very fine

William Edward Dean was born at Palaveram, Madras on 5 May 1874 and joined the Indian Volunteers during 1891. A Signaller by trade, he would have seen postings across India with the Telegraph Officer and was working at Kendat, Chindwin, Burma in 1896 (Thacker's Directory, refers). Awarded his Medal on 13 February 1911 (Indian Army Order 82, refers), Dean was a Travelling Telegraph Manager at Agra in 1913 and Manager of the Government Telegraph Office, Meerut in 1919. He married Pearl at Bareilly on 20 October 1921; sold with copied research and biographical details.

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£90

Starting price
£60