In response to an inquiry whether anyone else knew how to operate the guns Private Godley came forward. He cleared the emplacement under heavy fire and brought the gun into action. But he had not been firing long before the gun was hit and put completely out of action. The water jackets of both guns were riddled with bullets, so that they were no longer of any use. Godley himself was badly wounded and later fell into the hands of the Germans. Dease is buried at St Symphorien Military Cemetery, 2 kilometres east of Mons, in Belgium. He is remembered with a plaque under the Nimy Railway Bridge, Mons and in Westminster Cathedral. 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. He is further commemorated on a cross at Exton, Rutland and on a plaque installed in St Martin's Church, Culmullen, County Meath, Ireland. His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Royal Fusiliers Museum in the Tower of London. Victoria Cross holders are being honoured with commemorative paving stones; Dease's was the first to be unveiled on 23 August 2014 at Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin. He was portrayed in the BBC Three series Our World War (2014) by Dominic Thorburn. References Sources The Register of the Victoria Cross (1981, 1988 and 1997) Ireland's VCs (Dept of Economic Development, 1995) Monuments to Courage (David Harvey, 1999) Irish Winners of the Victoria Cross' (Richard Doherty & David Truesdale, 2000) "Elegant Extracts", the Royal Fusiliers Recipients of the VC'' (J. P. Kelleher, 2001) Royal Fusiliers Recipients of the Victoria Cross External links 1889 births 1914 deaths Irish officers in the British Army Royal Fusiliers officers Irish World War I recipients of the Victoria Cross People educated at Stonyhurst College People from County Westmeath British military personnel killed in World War I British Army personnel of World War I Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst British Army recipients of the Victoria Cross Noel family People educated at Wimbledon College Burials at St Symphorien Military Cemetery Military personnel from County Westmeath