LIEUTENANT MAURICE JAMES DEASE
ROYAL FUSILIERS
23RD AUGUST 1914 AGE 24
BURIED: ST SYMPHORIEN MILITARY CEMETERY, BELGIUM
Lieutenant Dease was awarded one of the first two Victoria Crosses of the war for his actions on the 23rd August. The citation reads:- "Though two or three times badly wounded he continued to control the fire of his machine guns at Mons on 23rd August, until all his men were shot. He died of his wounds." The London Gazette, 16 November 1914. The Latin words of the inscription translate as 'may he rest in peace' and come from the Roman Catholic service for the burial of the dead.