H.+DEAKIN

Deakin, Harry, Private, 14475, 10th Battalion, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment Born Clifton, Derbyshire Enlisted Derby Resided Ashbourne, Derbyshire Killed in action 14th December 1915

Commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial

Ashbourne News, 7th January 1916 Harry Deakin was the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Deakin, of Alrewas Mill Yard, Clifton. He was killed during a violent bombardment of the trenches during which a shell dropped close to Harry and his two mates. He was engaged at the telephone when the shell exploded, the newspaper report commenting 'To say that he died at his post is literally true'.

1911 Census Aged 17 Employed as a tape weaver Son of James, a tape weaver, and Eliza Alice Deakin, a tape weaver, of Bond's Mill Yard, Ashbourne, Derbyshire