The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Corporal H R Seaman

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Corporal Henry Richard SEAMAN, L/8627, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 6th June 1915.

7th December 1890, born Westminster, Middlesex, son of John & Harriett Seaman.

10th June 1895, St Anthony, Nunhead, Southwark, Surrey, baptism of Henry Richard Seaman, son of John, (porter), & Harriett Seaman. 39 Buchan Road.

10th June 1895, St Anthony, Nunhead, Southwark, Surrey, baptism of Charles Frederick Seaman, (born 28th May 1891), son of John, (porter), & Harriett Seaman. 39 Buchan Road.

Enlisted Woolwich, Kent.

1911 Census - Quebee Barracks, Bordon - Henry Seaman, Private, age 22, single, 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, Soldier, born London WC.

1911 Census - 95 Linden Grove, Nunhead, SE - John Seaman, head, age 59, married, porter, Hospital, worker, born Shoreditch, London; Harriett Seaman, wife, age 49, married 27 years, 11 children, 10 still alive, born Aldershot, Hampshire; Charles Seaman, son, age 19, single, window cleaner (glass polisher crossed through), window cleaning company, worker, born Bloomsbury, London; Walter Seaman, son, age 16, single, printers lad, printing contractors, worker, born Nunhead, London; Albert Seaman, son, age 12, school, born Nunhead, London; Ernest Seaman, son, age 10, school, born Nunhead, London; Edward Seaman, son, age 8, born Nunhead, London; Thomas Cameron, boarder, age 28, single, canvasser, window cleaning, worker, Edinburgh resident.

1912 September Quarter, Dublin, Henry Richard Seaman, married Catherine Boland.

Child - Eva Harriett Seaman, born 31st October 1913.

26th August 1914, posted BEF.

15th September 1915, St Anthony, Nunhead, Southwark, Surrey, baptism of Henry Richard Seaman, (born 24th August 1915), son of Henry Richard Seaman (soldier, deceased), & Catherine Boland, 19 Basset? Road.

Buried at Voormezeele Enclosures No.1. and No.2., I. A. 9., Belgium.

NOTE: Regimental History & Soldiers Died in the Great War both show rank as Corporal; CWGC web site shows rank as Lance Corporal.