Name
George Burton Seward
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
06/11/1917
23
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
36240
Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
1st Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
TYNE COT MEMORIAL
Panel 80 to 82 and 163A.
Belgium
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Aldenham School Memorial, Aldenham
Pre War
George Burton Seward was born in 1894. His Father, member of the Stock Exchange, was John Seward and his mother Alice Inez Seward.
Wartime Service
He served as a Private with Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry and on 6th Nov 1917 was killed in action, although he may have been originally recorded as Missing. His father may have enquired of the Red Cross if George might be a Prisoner of War but their reply was negative.
Biography
Additional Information
George’s elder brother, John Ravenscroft Seward also served as a Private with 28th Bn. London Regt. He went to the BEF on 29 Dec 1914 and after gaining a commission as a 2nd Lieutenant with the Rifle Brigade. He became a Civil Engineer in 1923, and died in 1966.
Acknowledgments
Neil Cooper
Tony James
