Colin Thomas Dean joined The Prince of Wales' Own Regiment of Yorkshire in 1980 and transferred to The Parachute Regiment in December 1986.
After completing P Coy and parachute training with 526 Platoon, he was posted to 2 PARA, D Coy ,10 Platoon based at Tern Hill, Shropshire.
During his military career Sgt Dean served in Norway, Belize, Denmark, Northern Ireland, USA, Canada, Bosnia, Kosovo, Germany, Berlin, and Iraq on Operation Telic.
by Colin Dean
