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Seymour Bertram 2/Lt
Catalogue reference: SKR/DAT/IP/21190
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- Seymour Bertram 2/Lt
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Date (When the record was created)
- 2000-2024
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Surname: Seymour;
Forename(s): Bertram;
Initials: B;
Rank: 2/Lt;
Born in: York;
Previous Regiment: RNAS;
MGC Branch: Heavy Branch (Tanks);
MGC Unit: "F" Bn;
How killed: KIA;
Where: Belgium;
When killed: 31-Jul-1917;
Other Data: Inns of Court OTC Service Record: 6/2/6778, 11/10/1915, Cpl, No.8 Off Cadet Bn, 4/8/1916 MGC, Cadet School, MGC, 23/11/1916, 2Lt, kia 31/7/1917.
born 17/01/1898 at York, father - master tinner, Educ: Archbishop Holgate's Gr Sch. Enlisted 11/03/1915 RNAS Armoured Cars. Disch 01/09/1915 - unit disbanded. To Inns of Court OTC No 6778 - to No 8 OC Bn Lichfield 4/8/1916 - to MGC Cadet Bn, Bisley 01/10/1916 - 23/11/1916.
Married Loris Agnes Grace Palmer (who was born at Bank House, St Agnes, Cornwall) at Lichfield, 16/9/1916.
NOK statement at Scarborough 21/12/1917: widow (as above) and child, Bertram Seymour, aged 5m.(14 Scarcroft Rd, York) Mother-in-law, Annie Seymour, father-in-law, Walter Seymour. Aunt: Edith Isobel Margrett 30 Woodfield Rd, Kings Heath
Photo: Yorkshire Herald, May 1915 - serving Armoured Car Section RNAS
see "History of 6th Tank Bn" p 30;Other Notes: SEYMOUR, Second Lieutenant, BERTRAM, Machine Gun Corps (Inf). 31st July 1917. Panel 56. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial - Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.;
Related National Archives files: WO339/61097:;
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Vickers MG Collection & Research Association
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- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Graham Sacker
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- 1 digital record
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Machine Gun Corps Database
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