Son of Mrs. Dearden, of 8, Harvey Street, Halliwell, Bolton, Lancashire; husband of Mrs. Dearden, of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. “Was in charge of a rifle section and when half way between the Vis-en-Artois Line, the “jumping off” trench and the Dury Sunken Road, about 1.00 P.M. on September 2nd 1918, he was hit in the body by enemy machine gun bullets and died almost immediately.” Two brothers killed, and four more served. Formerly worked at Horwich Loco Works.