Private 1727 John SEELEY

Private 1727 John SEELEY - 2nd Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment

Killed in Action on Saturday, January 2nd 1915 aged 36

Military History


Theatre of War	Medals	Commonwealth War Grave or Memorial
France and Flanders	1914 Star & Clasp, British War & Victory Medals	Ploegsteert Memorial

Arrived in Theatre	Medal Citation (if app)	SWFHS Area Memorials
11 Nov 1914 in France	~	Warwick (Eleanor Cross) War Memorial

Action, Battle or Other Reason Killed	Date and Place Mobilised
Winter Operations 1914-15	5 Aug 1914 at Warwick

Place of Death	Previous Regiments or Units	Other War Memorials
Trenches at Touquet	Pvt 4904 Liverpool Regiment

06 Nov 1894 - Enlisted at Pte 5269 in 4th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
23 Aug 1895 - Transferred to 2nd Battalion, Liverpool Regiment as Private 4904
15 Dec 1891 - Stationed in Jamaica till 11 Nov 1897
12 Nov 1897 - Stationed in South Africa
10 Jun 1899 - Retired from Army

John is listed as being killed in action on 2 Jan 1915. The 2nd Battalion war diary entry for that day is transcribed below.

Trenches - Touquet - 2/1/15: Quiet day. C Coy shelled and bombarded with grenades in afternoon at Well Farm.

Quiet night. 2 killed 1 wounded

Major A.J. Poole arrived and assumed command. END

Personal & Family History

Birth Date/Place	Baptism Date/Place
Oct Qtr 1878 in Warwick	14 Nov 1878 at Warwick, All Saints

Parents Names	Abode
John and Mary (died 1907) Seeley	2 Park Lane, Warwick

Schools	Colleges
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Address History	Employment History
1878 - 21 Emscote Place, Warwick	1894 - Labourer
1881 - 2 Dark Lane, Warwick	1895 - Soldier in Liverpool Regiment
1891 - Liverpool Regiment Barracks, UK	1901 - Not found
1894 - 8 Priory Road, Warwick	1905 - Labourer
1901 - Not found	1911 - Labourer
1905 - 12 Humphriss Street, Warwick
1911 - 1 Picketts Court, Swan Street, Warwick
1915 - 2 Park Lane, Warwick