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Surname: SEDDON

Forename(s): Robert Edward

Place of Birth: Sedbergh, Yorkshire

Service No: 23277

Rank: Private

Regiment / Corps / Service: Border Regiment

Battalion / Unit: 11th (Service) Battalion. (Lonsdale)

Division: 32nd Division

Age: 20

Date of Death: 1916-07-01

Awards: ---

CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: I. C. 14.

CWGC Cemetery: LONSDALE CEMETERY, AUTHUILLE

CWGC Memorial: ---

Non-CWGC Burial: ---

Local War Memorial: SEDBERGH, YORKSHIRE

Additional Information:

Robert Edward Seddon was the son of Bryan John and Sarah Seddon, née Bateson. Bryan was born at Sedbergh and Sarah at Wigglesworth, Yorkshire.

1901 Sedbergh, Yorkshire Census: Settlebeck, Soolbank - Robert E. Seddon, aged 5 years, born Sedbergh, son of Brian J. and Sarah Seddon.

1911 Sedbergh, Yorkshire Census: Derry - Robert Edward Seddon, aged 15 years, born Sedbergh, son of Bryan John and Sarah Seddon.

The British Army Service Record for Robert Edward Seddon exists but may be incomplete.

The informal title of the 11th (Service) Battalion, Border Regiment (Lonsdale) was The Lonsdales.

A short biography of Robert is included in: ‘Sedbergh and District 1914-1918 – But who shall return the children?’ Compiled by Sedbergh and District History Society. Edited by Diane Elphick (2016).

Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry

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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---

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Private Robert Edward SEDDON

Private Robert Edward SEDDON

Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Border Regiment

Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Border Regiment

Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 32nd Division

Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 32nd Division

Data from Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914 - 1919 Records

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Surname: SEDDON

Forename(s): Robert Edward

Born: Sedbergh, Yorks

Residence:

Enlisted: Kendal, Westmorland

Number: 23277

Rank: Private

Regiment: Border Regiment

Battalion: 11th Battalion

Decorations:

Died Date: 01/07/16

Died How: Killed in action

Theatre of War: France & Flanders

Notes:

Data from Commonwealth War Graves Commission Records

CWGC Data for Soldier Records

Surname: SEDDON

Forename(s): Robert Edward

Country of Service: United Kingdom

Service Number: 23277

Rank: Private

Regiment: Border Regiment

Unit: 11th Bn.

Age: 20

Awards:

Died Date: 01/07/1916

Additional Information: Son of Bryan John Seddon, of 1, Mount Pleasant, Sedbergh, Yorks. (CWGC Headstone Personal Inscription: HE HATH DONE WHAT HE COULD)

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‘The Westmorland Gazette’ (22 July 1916)

(Kindly supplied by Sedbergh & District History Society)

SEDBERGH

SEDDON, Pte. E., Lonsdales; reported wounded.

'The Kendal Mercury’ (22 December 1916)

(Kindly supplied by Sedbergh & District History Society)

SEDBERGH – PRVT. EDWARD R. SEDDON

For some months the fate of Prvt. Seddon had been doubtful, but in a letter dated 10th of December to the deceased’s sister, his chaplain says:– “I have found your brother’s body and buried him with all honours among many of his brave comrades who fell on July 1st. He lies in a cemetery I have made on the spot where they fell. It will be called Lonsdale Cemetery, and will be carefully looked after. A party of soldiers were present at the funeral. I am sending your brother’s identity disc. He died a hero’s death and we are proud of him.” Prvt. Seddon is the son of Mr. Bryan J. Seddon and the late Mrs. Seddon, of Mount Pleasant, Sedbergh, and was latterly in the employ of Mrs. Shaw, of Kendal.

‘The Westmorland Gazette’ (20 December 1919)

(Kindly supplied by Sedbergh & District History Society)

UNVEILING OF MEMORIAL TABLET

A service was held in the Sedbergh Wesleyan Chapel on Sunday evening on the occasion of the unveiling of a tablet in the chapel to the memory of the men of the Sedbergh Wesleyan circuit who made the great sacrifice during the war. The tablet was unveiled by the superintendent minister, Rev. C.H. Stanley, in the presence of a crowded congregation, and he preached a sermon appropriate to the occasion. Suitable hymns were sung, and the choir sang the chorus, ‘No shadows yonder,’ from Gaul’s ‘Holy City.’ Mrs. Stanley sang ‘These are they which came out of great tribulation,’ a solo from the same work. The Dead March in ‘Saul’ was played by Mr. H.C. Trotter. The tablet is of white marble, and bears the following inscription:–‘Roll of heroes in the great war, 1914-1919. Sedbergh Wesleyan circuit. To the glory of God and in grateful memory of William E. Armer, 7th Border Regt.; Fred Bushby, Royal Engineers; Stephen E. Handley, 2nd South Staffs.; Thomas E. Haresnape, Royal Engineers; William Mason, 13th Batt. King’s Own Yorkshires; George Middleton, 4th Australian Pioneers; John Nelson, Royal Scots; Walter Sanderson, Duke of Wellington’s; Robert E. Seddon, 11th Border Regt.; John Winn, 16th Lancashire Fusiliers. Who have given their lives for their country. Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

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Lonsdale Cemetery, Authuille

Lonsdale Cemetery, Authuille

CWGC Headstone

Lonsdale Cemetery, Authuille

Lonsdale Cemetery, Authuille

CWGC Headstone - personal inscription

The Sedbergh men who gave their lives

The Sedbergh men who gave their lives

Right hand panel - Top row (l-r): Private Richard Winn, Private John Burton. Second row (l-r): Private John Nelson, Gunner Robert Matthew Fothergill. Third row (l-r): Private Robert Edward Seddon, A/Corporal Herbert Park. Fourth row (l-r): Gunner John Cyril Hindson, Private Charles James Sisson

Three-panel oil-painting, courtesy of the artist, David Hartnup

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