George Seaman
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George Seaman was born in 1888 at Worksop, he was the son of the late Moses Ezra Seaman a coal miner and the late Sarah Seaman née Bingham of 56 Abbey Street, Worksop. His father Moses was born in 1860 at Saffron Walden, he died in 16th May 1914 at Worksop aged 54 yrs his mother Sarah Bingham was born in 1863, she died in 1913 aged 50 yrs, they were married on 8th March 1885 at St John’s Church, Worksop they had at least two other children, William and Lucy. In the 1911 census we find George Seaman living in barracks in India, he is 22 yrs of age he is serving with the Sherwood Foresters Regiment.
Private George Seaman enlisted at Worksop on 17th October 1906 he signed up as a regular with the 1st Battalion of the Sherwood Foresters who were stationed in Bombay in India at the outbreak of the war. On 3 September 1914, Private George Seaman was one of 885 Privates who embarked on the SS Thongwa to sail to arrive at Plymouth on 2 October. However, when the Battalion moved to camp near Winchester, George was left in Plymouth and taken to hospital, most likely with a disease contracted in India as he died in Plymouth on 9 October, and buried at Efford Cemetery. It must have been a shattering time for his sister Lucy who then lived on John Street, as she lost her mother Sarah, her father Moses and then her brother George all in the space of less than one yearCourtesy of Robert Illett
CWG additional information:- Brother of Mrs. Lucy Good, of 40, John St., Worksop.
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