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Surname: SEEL
Forename(s): Ernest
Place of Birth: Nelson, Lancashire
Service No: 21337
Rank: L/Corporal
Regiment / Corps / Service: East Lancashire Regiment
Battalion / Unit: 8th (Service) Battalion
Division: 37th Division
Age: 22
Date of Death: 1917-04-28
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Bay 6.
CWGC Cemetery: ---
CWGC Memorial: ARRAS MEMORIAL
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: BARNOLDSWICK, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Ernest Seel was the son of James and Lilly Hobson Seel, née Glover. James was born at Stalybridge, Cheshire and Lilly at Headingley, Yorkshire.
1901 Nelson, Lancashire Census: 8, Water Street - Ernest Seel, aged 5 years, born Nelson, son of James and Lily Seel.
1911 Brierfield, Lancashire Census: 11, Veevers Street - Ernest Seel, aged 15 years, born Nelson, Lancashire, son of James and Lilly Seel.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Ernest Seel, 21337, East Lancashire Regiment.
A short biography of Ernest is included in: ‘Barnoldswick – A small Town’s part in conflicts 1800 to 2014’ by Peter Ian Thompson (2014).
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
GILL, Lance Corporal Ernest, aged 22 years, East Lancs. Regt., son of Mr. and Mrs. Jas Gill, 17, Havre Park, [Barnoldswick], killed in action April 28, 1917.
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L/Corporal Ernest SEEL
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: East Lancashire Regiment
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 37th Division
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Lilly Hobson Seel
Lilly Hobson Seel, née Glover the mother of L/Corporal Ernest Seel
Courtesy of Barbara Halstead, née Seel
James Seel
James Seel, the father of L/Corporal Ernest Seel
Courtesy of Barbara Halstead, née Seel
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11 May 1917
SEEL – April 28th 1917, killed in action in France, Lance-Corporal Ernest Seel, East Lancashire Regiment, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Seel, 17, Havre Park, Barnoldswick, aged 22 years.
11 May 1917
BARNOLDSWICK'S ROLL OF HONOUR
Lance-Corporal Earnest Seal, East Lancs., was killed in action on April 28th after being in France just over a year. He was 22 years of age and one of three soldier sons of Mr. and Mrs. James Seal, 17, Havre Park, Barnoldswick. He was formerly employed in the bakery department of the Earby Co-operative Society, but at the time of his enlistment he was working in Messrs. Cammell and Laird’s shipbuilding yard at Birkenhead.
18 May 1917
BARNOLDSWICK'S TOLL – THE LATE PRIVATE SEEL
Mr. and Mrs. James Seel, 17 Havre Park, Barnoldswick, have received the following letter from an officer in relation to their son, Pte. Ernest Seel, (East Lancashire Regiment) who was killed in France on 28th ult.:– “I was close to him at the time when he was killed, and I can assure you that he died like a soldier while leading his section into action. He was liked by many of the Coy., especially for his good heartedness, and I am sure we shall all miss him. He was one who set an example to the men following him, and I can assure you that it was due to him that his section was up to a very high standard. He was hit by a sniper, and died instantly.”
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11 May 1917
SEEL – Killed in action in France, April 28th, Lance-Corporal Ernest Seel, of the East Lancashire Regiment, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Seel, of 17, Havre Park, Barnoldswick, aged 22 years.
11 May 1917
BARNOLDSWICK CASUALTIES
Lce.-Cpl. Ernest Seel. of the East Lancashires, has been killed in action on April 28th, after being in France just over a year. He was 22 years of age, and one of three soldier sons of Mr. and Mrs. James Seel, 17, Havre Park, Barnoldswick. He was formerly employed in the bakery department of the Earby Co-operative Society, but at the time of his enlistment he was working in Messrs. Cammell and Laird’s shipbuilding yard, at Birkenhead.
18 May 1917
BARNOLDSWICK CASUALTIES – THE LATE PRIVATE E. SEEL
Mr. and Mrs. James Seel, 17, Havre, Park, Barnoldswick, have received the following letter from an officer in relation to the death of their son, Pte. Ernest Seel (East Lancashire Regiment), who was killed in France on the 28th ult.:– “I was close to him at the time when he was killed, and I can assure you that he died like a soldier while leading his section into action. He was liked by many in the Company, especially for his good heartedness, and I am sure we shall all miss him. He was one who set an example to the men following him, and I can assure you that it was due to him that his section was up to a very high standard. He was hit by a sniper, and died immediately.”
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