Name
Edgar Raymond Seabury
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
21/09/1917
19
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Second Lieutenant
London Regiment *1
13th (County of London) Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL
Panels 52 to 54.
Belgium
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Broxbourne Town Memorial, St Augustine’s Church Memorial, Broxbourne, Hoddesdon and Rye Park Town Memorial, Hoddesdon
Pre War
Born 2 May 1898 in Burnt Mill, Netteswell, Essex son of Edward and Emily (Wyatt) Seabury and was living in Albert Villa, Station Road, Broxbourne in 1911 and later in “Garth”, Broxbourne.
He was a bank clerk and was unmarried.
Wartime Service
Enlisted in May 1916 formerly as Private 492430 but obtained a commission on 8 May 1917 and entered France on 5 Jul 1917.
He was killed in action near St Julien by shrapnel while leading his platoon in an attack.
Additional Information
*1 Believed more correctly, (County of London)
Bn. London Regiment (Kensington).
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox, Richard Barber
