Maurice Dease, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Maurice Dease

Recipient of the Victoria Cross

Date of Birth: 28-Sep-1889

Place of Birth: Coole, County Westmeath, Leinster, Ireland

Date of Death: 23-Aug-1914

Profession: military officer

Nationality: Ireland

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Maurice James Dease VC (28 September 1889 – 23 August 1914) was a British Army officer during the First World War.
He was one of the first British officer battle casualties of the war and the first posthumous recipient of the Victoria Cross in the war.