Pari gbolohun ti o tẹle: Deedes ja pẹlu awọn British Army ni Ogun Agbaye Keji, ti o ti wa ni ipilẹ ni akọkọ ni Shrapnel Barracks ni Woolwich gẹgẹbi Oṣiṣẹ ni 2nd Battalion, Queen's Westminsters, ọkan ninu awọn ẹka agbegbe ti King's Royal Rifle Corps. Ó gba Àgbélébùú ológun nítòsí Hengelo, Netherlands ní April 1945. O tun jẹ oṣiṣẹ nikan lati ṣiṣẹ ni 12th King's Royal Rifle Corps (2nd Queen's Westminsters) fun akoko ogun naa. Ẹgbẹ́ ọmọ ogun rẹ̀ ṣiṣẹ́ gẹ́gẹ́ bí ẹgbẹ́ ọmọ ogun oníkẹ̀kẹ́ ti Ẹ̀ṣọ́ Ẹ̀ṣọ́ 8th Armoured Brigade ní
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