[2] Nimy Bridge was being defended by a single company of the 4th Royal Fusiliers and a machine-gun section with Dease in command.

Though two or three times badly wounded he continued to control the fire of his machine guns at Mons on 23rd Aug., until all his men were shot.

When Lieutenant Dease had been mortally wounded, Private Sidney Godley offered to defend the Railway Bridge while the rest of the section retreated and was also awarded the VC.

His name is also commemorated on the Wayside Cross at the Catholic priory in Woodchester, near Stroud, Gloucestershire, where his aunt, Lady Mostyn, was a parishioner.

[6] He is further commemorated on a cross at Exton, Rutland[7][8] and on a plaque installed in St Martin's Church, Culmullen, County Meath, Ireland.

[10] Victoria Cross holders are being honoured with commemorative paving stones;[11] Dease's was the first to be unveiled on 23 August 2014 at Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin.