| 词条 | Percy Dean |
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| name = Percy Thompson Dean | birth_date = 20 July 1877 | death_date = 20 March 1939 | birth_place = Blackburn, Lancashire | death_place = London, England | placeofburial = | image = Group of Naval VC's - IWM Q66160.jpg | caption = Group of Naval VC winners at Wellington Barracks hosted by King George V. Percy Dean on left | nickname = | allegiance = {{UK}} | serviceyears = | rank = Lieutenant-Commander | branch = {{navy|United Kingdom}} | commands = | unit = | battles = World War I | awards = Victoria Cross | laterwork = Member of Parliament }} Lieutenant-Commander Percy Thompson Dean VC (20 July 1877 – 20 March 1939)[1] was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces, and also a politician. Victoria CrossDean was 40 years old and a lieutenant in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC. On 22 and 23 April 1918 at Zeebrugge, Belgium, after Intrepid and Iphigenia had been scuttled, their crews were taken off by Motor Launch 282 commanded by Lieutenant Dean. He embarked more than 100 officers and men under constant and deadly fire from heavy and machine-guns at point blank range. This complete, he was about to clear the canal when the steering gear broke down, so he manoeuvred on his engines and was actually clear of the entrance to the harbour when he was told there was an officer in the water. He immediately turned back and rescued him.[2] He later achieved the rank of Lieutenant-Commander. Post-warAfter the war, he was elected at the 1918 general election as a Conservative Member of Parliament for Blackburn, serving until the 1922 general election. His VC is on display in the Lord Ashcroft Gallery at the Imperial War Museum, London. References1. ^{{cite web| url=https://livesofthefirstworldwar.org/lifestory/7664317 |title=Percy Thompson Dean - WW1 memorial and Life Story |publisher=Imperial War Museum & D C Thompson |accessdate=14 April 2016}} 2. ^{{London Gazette |issue=30807|date=23 July 1918 |page=8586|supp=y }}
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| title = Member of Parliament for Blackburn | with = Sir Henry Norman | years = 1918–1922 | before = Philip Snowden Sir Henry Norman | after = Sir Henry Norman and Sydney Henn }}{{s-end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Dean, Percy Thompson}} 11 : 1877 births|1939 deaths|People from Blackburn|Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies|UK MPs 1918–22|British World War I recipients of the Victoria Cross|Royal Navy recipients of the Victoria Cross|People educated at Bromsgrove School|Royal Navy officers of World War I|Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve personnel of World War I|Politics of Blackburn with Darwen |
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