Commemorated: | |||
| 1. Memorial: | Beacon Cemetery, Sailly-Laurette | III. G. 15. | |
| 2. Book: | The (1921) Masonic Roll of Honour 1914-1918 | Pg.134 | |
| 3. Memorial: | The (1940) Scroll - WW1 Roll of Honour | 32B GQS | |
Awards & Titles: | |||
Service Life:
Campaigns:
- The First World War 1914-1918, World-wide.
| Unit / Ship / Est.: 5th London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade) |
1/5th (City of London) Battalion (London Rifle Brigade) August 1914 : at 130 Bunhill Row. Part of 2nd London Brigade, 1st London Division. Moved on mobilisation to Bisley, going on in September to Crowborough. 5 November 1914 : left the Division and landed at Le Havre. 17 November 1914 : came under command of 11th Brigade in 4th Division. 19 May 1915 : transferred to GHQ Troops and formed a composite unit with 1/12th and 1/13th Bns. Resumed identity 11 August. 25 October 1915 : transferred to 8th Brigade in 3rd Division. 10 February 1916 : transferred to 169th Brigade in 56th (London) Division. |
| Action : France & Flanders |
France & Flanders covers all the dates and corresponding locations which are outside the official battle nomenclature dates on the Western Front. Therefore the actions in which these men died could be considered 'normal' trench duty - the daily attrition losses which were an everyday fact of duty on the Western Front.
Detail :
300066 Sergeant Seager 5th London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade). He was killed in France between 5th and 10th August 1918.
See also: East Wickham and Welling War Memorial Trust for a biography.
Bexley Observer 5th September 1918 - "KILLED IN ACTION SERGT. E. SEAGER, WELLING We have to announce the melancholy fact that Sergt. E. Seager, son of Mr. F.W. Seager, of Hiawatha, Welling, no longer serves. To the bitter grief of his parents, he was killed in action in France on the 10th ult., at the age of 27; the sad news was received on Saturday, August 24th and by his wife (engaged in a V.A.D. Hospital in Devonshire) on the Sunday. He had only gone out in July last. Previous to this he had been doing duty as a Sergt.-Instructor at Blackdown Camp with his old Regiment, the 5th London Rifle Brigade (5th City), of which he had been a member for eight years.He had served in France and Flanders during 1914-15 and held the Mons Star. He was a member of staff of Messrs. Pollard and Pollard Shopfitters, etc., of London and, (quoting from Mr. E. Pollard’s letter) “he was greatly respected by the whole of the staff,” as also by that of his Regiment. He was a Freemason (London Rifle Brigade Lodge, No. 1692), and also formerly a choir boy at Christ Church, Bexleyheath. His loss to his parents and wife is irreparable, for he was a good lad and a good man."
The list reporting "West-Country Casualties" in the Western Times on the 16th September 1918 shows "London Regt.- Sergt. E.M. Seager (Torquay)..."
Commemorated on the East Wickham and Welling War Memorial.
Masonic :
| Type | Lodge Name and No. | Province/District : |
|---|---|---|
| Mother : | London Rifle Brigade No. 1962 E.C. | London |
Initiated | Passed | Raised |
20th April 1917 | 19th October 1917 | 16th November 1917 |
Source :
The project globally acknowledges the following as sources of information for research across the whole database:
- The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- The (UK) National Archives
- Ancestry.co.uk - Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History online
- ugle.org.uk - The records of the United Grand Lodge of England including the Library and Museum of Freemasonry
Additional Source:
- Founder Researchers : Paul Masters & Mike McCarthy
- Researcher : Bruce Littley