George Chambers Dean

Military Medal (London Gazette 1.7.1940) as 4448808 Private, 11th Battalion DLI.

"For conspicuous gallantry and outstanding devotion to duty as a despatch rider. On 27th May in the vicinity of Meteren when the composite Battalion of the 10th and 11th Battalions The Durham Light Infantry were marching in dispersed order on the roads congested with refugees and with an enemy attack approaching, this Despatch Rider did excellent work as a mobile guide. On this and many other occasions the determination and personal disregard for danger of this young soldier ensured the tactical cohesion of his unit and its maintenance as a fighting entity."