Col. Richard wallace Deane CBE
1859-1940
Father Nm: Richard Wallace. Deane born 1821 Reading, Berkshire died January 1893 • Dover, Kent
Mother Nm: Anna Eliza Wodforde born 1823 London, Middlesex, died 05 Aug 1862 Turville, Buckingham
Marriage Dt: 19 October 1892, Chailey, Sussex
K comments:Daughter Frances was a Nurse in WW1 and continued to serve the Army base at Catterick after the war. Son Michael was with the Lancashire Fusiliers in WW1 was wounded and mentioned in despatches. Son Richard John Deane served during the First World War and was accidentally killed on 18th July 1917.
Spouse comments: Harriet Blencowe [3762] born 31.7.1862 Bineham Chailey (Lewis S.Q.) died 26.3.1943 Sussex
Children. Frances Woodforde Deane 1894, Michael Wallace Deane 1896, Richard John Deane 1899, Dorothea Harriet Deane 1900
Born 1859
31 AUG 1859 Bedford
1871 CENSUS
Boarder at school in Great Marlow
Educated at Marlborough and Oxford University – military records
1879 2nd Lieutenant
- 15 September. Royal Bucks..Richard Woodforde Deane, Gent., to be Second
Lieutenant, Dated 15th February 1879*
1881 CENSUS
With parents at 6 Victoria Park, Dover and is a Lieutenant Bucks Militia.
1881-1885 Enlisted Lancashire Fusiliers and then to India
- 23 April to 19 September at the home base of Lancashire Fusiliers
- 20 September to 26 December 1885 with the 2nd Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers India.
- 29 September embarked on HMS Malabar arriving Bombay on the 21 October.
- The 2nd Bn were to be at Mhow, some men at Aligarh and some sent to Indore.
- 27 December 1885 his tour was over and he returned to England until 1898
1897 Captain
- 9 September. The Lancashire Fusiliers, Supernumerary.Captain
Richard W. Deane to be Captain in succession to Major F. Hamraersley, who holds a Staff appointment. Dated 9th September 1897. ‘London Gazette
1898-1900 Malta
- 13 July 1898. Posted to the newly formed 3rd Battalion of Lancashire Fusiliers.
- 26 August 1898. Begins tour of duty in Malta. Note:The 3rd/Lancashire Fusiliers was formed at Preston on 1 Apr 1898 and disbanded on 15 May 1907. It embarked at Southampton on 26 Aug 1898 and arrived in Malta on 4 September 1898. source https://www.maltaramc.com/regmltgar/1st20th.html
- Birth of daughter Dorothea in February 1900 indicates both Richard and Harriet stationed in Malta.
- 8 March 1900. Captain Deane returns to England and joins the 4th Battalion of the Lancashire Fusiliers a battalion based at Bury.
1901 Census
Major Lancashire Fusiliers living with Family in Gillingham.
1902-03 Barbados
- 22 January posted to Barbados Note: 29 Nov 1901 The 3rd Battalion embarked from Malta for Barbados and Jamaica on the SS Sicilia. “B” Coy, “D” Coy, and “G” Coy disembarked at Jamaica on 20 Dec 1901, the rest of the battalion arrived at Barbados on 26 December 1901.
- 19 November 1903 returns to England
1903 Lieutenant-Colonel
- 22 August. The Lancashire Fusiliers, Major Richard W. Deane to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice P. Hammersley, removed from the Regiment on appointment
to the Staff. Dated 22nd August 1903. London Gazette
1906 Colonel
- 9 October Lieutenant-Colonel Richard W. Deane, Commandant, Royal Hibernian Military School, to be Colonel. Dated 10th October 1906. London Gazette . Note the Royal Hibernian Military school that Richard was in charge of was based in Ireland was a cadet college taking orphaned boys and training them for Army life.
1911 Census
Not found.
1913
Retired as a Lieutenant-Colonel of pay.
WW1
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Lieutenant Colonel Army HQ Staff
Note
Its not clear if Richard served in WW1 the army listings are indicating he may have had a Staff position. There are no medals awarded but if he served just at Army Headquarters in England he was entitled to any. The fact that in 1919 he was awarded the CBE suggests that his role in WW1 was being recognised.
Before the outbreak of war Richard was retired from the Army, however the 1916 Army list lists him underLieut-Colonel’s retired with pay and a his designation of Staff . It also shows 13 August 1913 as the start date for that role. It appears then he was acting in a staff role in at least the period 1913-1916
1919
- Kings Birthday Honours awarded the Commander of British Empire CBE Military Division.
The Order Of The British Empire; Commander Military Division
Sources
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- Ancestry and BFA database
- History of XX Regiment: 1688-1888 By Benjamin Smyth
After the War
1939 Census
Richard in hospital in Matlock, Derbyshire
Death 1940
5 Feb 1940,Sussex, England
Burial Hassocks, Mid Sussex District, West Sussex
Gallery
There are service records in the National archives for this person they can be viewed and download from their website https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/
