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Private Frank Dean, aged 21 of Tickton, was discharged from the army 15 Aug 1917 suffering from shellshock. Described by his commanding officer as, “a steady and sober man”, he was repatriated to hospital in Edmonton, north London, “complaining of pains in the head, noises in the ears and general nervousness”. A Medical Board diagnosed him as suffering from neurasthenia or shell shock and concluded that he was no longer physically fit for further service. He was awarded a Silver Badge, given to those men unable to continue in the military and later awarded the War and Victory Medals.
Frank had enlisted in Beverley 11 Dec 1915 and joined the 1/5th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers. He arrived in France 29 Jul 1916 and took part in many actions on the Somme.
Frank was born 19 May 1896 and baptised at St Mary’s Church in Beverley. His parents married in 1893, Alfred Dean was a farm labourer and his mother Harriet, Walmer, Kent. Frank had two siblings Cecil and George Herbert. The family lived in Tickton. Frank was an agricultural worker. In 1911 he was working as a groom and lodging at Neswick Farm, Bainton, his army enlistment papers describe him as a farm labourer. It seems that he returned to this work after 1917. Frank married Mary Shipley of Brandesburton in Sep 1922 at the local church. She had been employed before the war as a domestic servant. They had three children: John A born 1923, Raymond born 1926 and Cyril born 1929. Frank died of unknown causes in Feb 1939 and is buried in St Paul’s churchyard, Tickton.
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