South Warwickshire Family History Society War Memorial Transcription Project |
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Military History |
| Theatre of War | Medals | Commonwealth War Grave or Memorial |
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| France and Flanders | British War & Victory Medals | Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery |
| Arrived in Theatre | Medal Citation (if app) | SWFHS Area Memorials |
| 22 Sep 1916 (see below) | ~ | Arrow |
| Action, Battle or Other Reason Killed | Date and Place Enlisted | Other War Memorials |
| Battle of Cambrai (1917) | 12 Jul 1916 at Shorncliffe | |
| Place of Death | Previous Regiments or Units | |
| 48th CCS at Etricourt | ||
Military Service History
- 1900 - Served with Lord Strathcona's Horse in South Africa
- May 1915 - Commissioned into 4th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment (Gazetted 20 Dec 1915)
- 31 Dec 1915 - Court marshalled for drunkeness on active service
- 25 Jan 1916 - Aquitted and returned to the ranks
- 12 Mar 1916 - Arrived in France with 1st Bn Royal Warwickshire Regiment
- 10 Jun 1916 - Dismissed from the Royal Warwickshire Regiment for drunkeness in the field
- 12 Jul 1916 - enlisted as a Trooper in the Lord Strathcona's Horse at Shorncliffe, Kent
- 22 Sep 1916 - arrived back in France
- 1 Sep 1917 - Court martialed for drunkeness
- 20 Oct 1917 - Again found guilty of drunkeness
- 1 Dec 1917 - Wounded in the head
- 5 Dec 1917 - died of those wounds
Circumstances Leading to Death
Lord Seymour died of a gunshot wound to the head (patietal) at the 48th Casualty Clearing Station, Etricourt. Edward was wounded in action on 1 Dec 1917 during the Battle of Cambrai and died the following day.War Diary Extract - 1 Dec 1917
On the morning of December 1st, 1917 patrols from Major Goodday's squadron...followed the tanks to Gauche Wood and remained in observation keeping the regiment informed of the progress of the attack....[Another patrol] under L/Cpl Ewing and five men worked their way behind an enemy post of six men and one light machine gun, who when rushed surrendered... A patrol under L/Cpl Russell and 4 men surprised another enemy post and captured a heavy machine gun and four prisoners.
At 3pm orders were issued for 'A' and 'B' Squadrons to seize the road running from Gauche Wood to Villers Guislain. Another troop was to seize the railway cutting north of Chapel Crossing.
At 3.15pm, 'A' and 'B' Squadrons under Major JC Clarke and Major C Goodday respectively moved by Morris Banks and Gun Lane to [map reference] X.2.c 1.1. They were under heavy MG and artillery fire. Major Clarke was wounded and Lt Rex Young killed with about 20 other ranks killed and wounded.
Lt Nicol took charge of 'A' Squadron and with Major Goodday went forward to the east end of Gauche Wood to reconnoitre the objective. The enemy were found to be strongly entrenched and also to have occupied three abandoned tanks near the objective. Moreover as the attack from the south did not seem to be developing, Major Goodday therefore decided to occupy a line of shell holes in Gauche Wood immediately behind the 2nd Grenadier Guards
| Personal & Family History |
| Birth Date/Place | Bapitsm Date/Place |
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| 22 Nov 1879 at Arrow (Ragley Hall) | 14 Dec 1879 at Arrow |
| Parents Names | Parents Abode |
| Hugh, 6th Marquess of Hertford and Countess Mary Seymour | Ragley Hall, Arrow |
| Wife & Marriage Date/Place | Children & Year of Birth |
| Elfrida Adelaide Seymour nee de Trafford | Apr 1914 in Kensington |
| Schools | Colleges |
| Haileybury College | Oxford Military College |
| Address History | Employment History |
| 1881 - 20 Beaufort Gardens, Kensington | 1899 - Rancher in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) |
| 1891 - Ragley Hall, Arrow | 1900 - Soldier in Boer War |
| 1901 - Serving in South Africa | 1902? - Rancher in Canada |
| 1911 - Ragley Hall, Arrow | |
| 1914 - Erindale Farm, Erindale, Canada |