Private 268155 Richard DEACON

Private 268155 Richard Deacon{gallery}Pte R Deacon{/gallery}2nd/7th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died of pneumonia as a POW at Fortress Hospital, Neuf-Breisach, Germany, 26th June 1918, aged 23

• Buried: Neuf-Brisach Communal Cemetery Ext, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France. Grave VII.15
  
• Awarded: British War and Victory Medals
• Son of Jack and Clara Deacon [nee Dorman]
  
• Husband of Rose Deacon [nee Kennedy]. Married 30 May 1914 at Blaby, Leics
• NNWFHS Memorial: Nuneaton Colliery | Stockingford
  

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Private Deacon
• Neuf-Brisach Communal Cemetery Ext
• Royal Warwickshire Regiment

1911 Census and Family History Information

• Born Jul Qtr 1895 at Enderby, Leics
  
• Lived at John Street, Enderby [1901 and 1911]
• Lived at 222 Tuttle Hill, Nuneaton [1915]
• Employed as a farmer’s labourer [1911]
  
• Employed as a coal miner [1915]
  
• Enlisted at Nuneaton