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Edward Beauchamp Seymour

In memory of:

Private Edward Beauchamp Seymour

December 5, 1917

Military Service


Service Number:

15646

Age:

38

Force:

Army

Unit:

Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians), R.C.A.C.

Additional Information


Born:

November 22, 1879
Arrow, Warwickshire, England

Enlistment:

July 12, 1916
Shorncliffe, England

Son of the 6th Marquess of Hertford; husband of Lady Edward Seymour, of The Cottage, Upper Wick, Worcester, England. Husband of Elfrida Seymour of Worcester, England.

Commemorated on Page 324 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:
Grave Reference:

VI. B. II.

Location:

Rocquigny and Equancourt are two villages in the Department of the Somme, some 13 kilometres north of Peronne and 12 kilometres south-east of Bapaume. Rocquigny and Equancourt are approximately 8 kilometres apart and the ROCQUIGNY-EQUANCOURT ROAD BRITISH CEMETERY lies about halfway between the two villages on the north side of the road just west of the crossing road from Etricourt to Ytres.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Photo of EDWARD BEAUCHAMP SEYMOUR– Photo from Carl Sproston. Edward (right) with brothers Henry and George. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of EDWARD BEAUCHAMP SEYMOUR– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Headstone of Edward B. Seymour– Headstone

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