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Early Life :
Married Effie Shield (nee Watson) on 15th April 1917 at the Registry Office in Chorlton. His marriage certificate states that he was a 2nd Lieut. in the 2nd Kings Own Royal Lancs (and Bank Cashier).Education & Career :
Cashier (1918) Bank Manager (1921).
Service Life:
Campaigns:
- The First World War 1914-1918, World-wide.
| Unit / Ship / Est.: 2nd Battalion The Kings Own Royal Lancaster Regiment |
| Action : Post War |
Post War includes all operations in all theatres up to 31st August 1921. This excludes the campaign in Russia against the Bolsheviks. It also includes men who succombed to wounds post war and who died from various causes whilst still in the services but post war.
Detail :
Liverpool Echo 28 December 1926 "FORMER LIVERPOOL OFFICIAL'S SUDDEN END. - The death took place, at his home, Clifton Villas, St. Austell, Cornwall, last week, of Mr. Harry Seed, a former Liverpool bank official, who lived in New Brighton between 1908 and 1922.
Mr Seed, who was forty-five years of age, was a son of the late Thomas Seed, of Fleetwood, a Liverpool shipowner. He joined the Midland Bank in Fleetwood in 1899, was transferred to the Old Hall-street branch, Liverpool, in 1908, and in 1922 was appointed manager of the St. Austell branch.
Mr. Seed served in the war between 1914 and 1917, and his death, which was quite sudden, was the result of a stroke precipitated by severe would received in 1917. He leaves a widow and three young children. He was a Freemason.
The internment took place at Poulton-le-Fylde, yesterday."
Probate SEED Harry of Clifton Villas Tegonissey-road St. Austell Cornwall died 22 December 1926 Probate Bodmin 3 February to Effie Shield Seed widow. Effects £677 4s. 9d.
Masonic :
| Type | Lodge Name and No. | Province/District : |
|---|---|---|
| Mother : | Red Triangle No. 3874 E.C. | West Lancashire |
| Joined : | Peace and Harmony No. 496 E.C. | Cornwall |
Initiated | Passed | Raised |
16th September 1918 | 5th November 1918 | 3rd December 1918 |
Harry was initiated into Freemasonry in the last months of the war into Red Triangle Lodge No. 3874. He joined Lodge of Peace & Harmony at St. Austell on 13th December 1921.
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