Major GEORGE STUART SEATON (Photo added)
| Rank | Major |
| Forenames | GEORGE STUART |
| Surname | SEATON (Photo added) |
| Initials | G S |
| Place of Birth | Unknown |
| Date of Birth | Sunday, 23 June 1907 |
| Date of Death | Saturday, 12 August 1944 |
| Age | 37 |
| Nationality |
British
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| Residence or Entered Service From | PONTYPRIDD, GLAMORGAN, UNITED KINGDOM |
| Service Number | 52164 | Force |
British Army
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| Service/Corps/Regiment | Welch Regiment |
| Unit / Ship / Battalion / Squadron | 1/5 Battalion, Welch Regiment |
| Military Honours and Awards | |
| Place of Burial/Commemoration |
BANNEVILLE-LA-CAMPAGNE WAR CEMETERY
Roll of honour |
| Grave/Memorial Location | VIII. B. 4. |
| Previous Place(s) of Burial | Unknown |
| Epitaph | |
| Family Details | SON OF ARTHUR AND MARGARET SEATON; HUSBAND OF EUNICE IRENE SEATON, OF WHITCHURCH, GLAMORGAN. |
Additional Information
The definition of the acronym (ALAS) stated on his Commonwealth War Graves Commision Records under additional information is unknown.
Major GEORGE STUART SEATON was educated in Pontypridd (now – 2015 - Mid Glamorgan, South Wales) and was commissioned on the 8th July 1931 with the rank of Second Lieutenant in the Territorial Army – 5th (Glamorgan) Battalion of the Welch Regiment. Major GEORGE STUART SEATON was killed in action by a German sniper while leading his men in the capture of Caen in Northern France.
Eunice Irene Seaton, the widow of Major GEORGE STUART SEATON, passed away on 22nd January 1980.1
References |
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| 1. | Additional Information and photographs kindly provided by Mr David Adrian Hopkins, nephew, & Mrs Beryl Cox, niece, of Major GEORGE STUART SEATON. |
Acknowledgements and Credits |
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| Source of original data: | Commonwealth War Graves Commission |
| Headstone photograph: | Carl Shilleto |
| Cross marker photograph: | Mr David Adrian Hopkins, nephew, & Mrs Beryl Cox, niece, of Major GEORGE STUART SEATON. |
| Individual photograph: | Mr David Adrian Hopkins, nephew, & Mrs Beryl Cox, niece, of Major GEORGE STUART SEATON. |
| Additional photographs provided by: | Mr David Adrian Hopkins, nephew, & Mrs Beryl Cox, niece, of Major GEORGE STUART SEATON. |
| Additional information provided by: | Carl Shilleto, Mr David Adrian Hopkins, nephew, & Mrs Beryl Cox, niece, of Major GEORGE STUART SEATON. |
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