Name
Sidney Seabrook
16 Oct 1898
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
02/09/1918
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
CH/20668
Royal Marines Light Infantry
1st R.M. Bn, Rn Div
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL
Panel 1
France
Headstone Inscription
No Report
UK & Other Memorials
Harpenden Town Memorial, Church of St Nicholas Memorial, Harpenden
Pre War
Sidney was born in Harpenden on 16 Oct 1898, the son of Alexander Seabrook, fruit gardener, and Emily (nee Webb). The family lived on Lower Cravells Road.
Wartime Service
Sidney enlisted on 6 Jun 1916 as Private CH/ 20668 in the Royal Marines Light Infantry. He was classified as underage (for Foreign Service), until 15 Oct 1916 (18 years old) and was at Deal, Kent.
On 28 Feb 1917 he transferred to Chatham, Kent prior to embarking for France on 21 Aug 1917. He joined the Royal Marine Battalion in the 63rd Royal Naval Division. He was killed in action on 2 Sep 1918 at Drocourt-Queant, part of the 2nd Battle of Arras. His remains were not recovered and he is remembered on the Vis-en-Artois Memorial.
Additional Information
Elder brother John Alexander served in the Bedfordshire Regiment as a Lance Corporal and was invalided out in 1917 and died in 1919.
Acknowledgments
Neil Cooper
Jonty Wild, Mary Skinner, Harpenden & District Local History Society (www.harpenden-history.org.uk)
