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Surname: SEED
Forename(s): Francis
Place of Birth: Chipping, Lancashire
Service No: 29244
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Battalion / Unit: 10th (Service) Battalion
Division: 23rd Division
Age: 38
Date of Death: 1917-06-07
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Panel 20.
CWGC Cemetery: ---
CWGC Memorial: YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: DUNSOP BRIDGE, YORKSHIRE
Local War Memorial: SLAIDBURN, YORKSHIRE
Local War Memorial: WHITEWELL, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Francis Seed (baptized 10 November 1878) was the son of Thomas and Jane Seed, née Hodkinson. Both parents were born at Chipping, Lancashire. Jane was the daughter of Francis and Priscilla Hodkinson.
1881 Thornley with Wheatley Township, Lancashire Census: Bedlam - Francis Seed, aged 2 years, born Chipping, Lancashire, son of Thomas and Jane Seed.
1891 Thornley with Wheatley Township, Lancashire Census: Bedlam - Francis Seed, aged 12 years, born Chipping, Lancashire, son of Thomas and Jane Seed.
1901 Chipping (Civil Parish), Lancashire Census: Hesketh Lane - Francis Seed, aged 22 years, born Chipping, son of Thomas and Jane Seed.
Francis was married to Ann Robinson in 1905.
1911 Whitewell, Yorkshire Census: Doe Cottages - Francis Seed, aged 32 years, born Chipping, Lancashire, husband of Ann Seed.
The British Army Service Record for Francis Seed exists but may be incomplete.
A short biography of Francis is included in: ‘In Love, In Gratitude, In Remembrance – Remembering the Men & Women of Slaidburn, Newton in Bowland, Dunsop Bridge, Dale Head & Tosside’ by Margaret Brenchley (2018).
Data Source: Local War Memorial
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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---
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Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 23rd Division
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