Lance Corporal Arthur Dean

Army Number: 305800formerly 2859

Battalion: 1/8th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Boothby, LincolnshireSon of Mr Richard and Grace Dean, of The Crossing, Winthorpe, Newark, Nottinghamshire.He was a cow man prior to enlisting at Newark, Nottinghamshire. he went to France 8th August 1915 and died of wounds 9th December 1917, age 22.

Buried: Philosophe British Cemetery, Mazingarbe, France. Plot 4. Row A. Grave 2.

He is also commemorated on the All Saint Church War Memorial, Winthorpe, Notts,and `Winthorpe Methodist Church War Memorial.