Basic Details
Surname
Seaton
Forenames
Ernest
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative forename
Ernest Harry
Served or died
Died
Service number
500353
Notes
The Roll lists his address as 119 Crown Street. It inaccurately lists his regimental number as 500353, and that he died at Ypres on 22/8/1916.

(CWGC records that Private Ernest Harry Seaton, regimental number 500252, died aged 32 on 21/8/1916 serving in the 1st Army Troops Company of the Canadian Engineers, and is buried in grave G.31 at Aveluy Communal Cemetery Extension in France. They record him as the son of John and Mary Seaton of Crown Street, Peterborough, and the husband of Bessie M Seaton of 64 Manchester Road, Mossley, Manchester, England. The attestation form of Ernest Harry Seaton, regimental number 500252 is at the Library and Archives Canada. It records that he was born on 25/4/1884 in Peterborough, England, and that when he enlisted on 20/7/1915 he gave his next of kin as his wife at Alta Vista, P.O., Burnaby, British Columbia. Ernest Harry Seaton's birth was registered in Peterborough District in 1884. On the 1891 census he was living with his parents Charles and Mary at 2 Paradise Place, Peterborough. On the 1901 census he was living with his parents at New Road, Woodston. On the 1911 Canada census Ernest was living with his wife Bessie Maria and their three daughters in New Westminster, British Columbia: their two elder daughters aged 8 and 5 had been born in England; the younger daughter aged 1 had been born in British Columbia in 1910. On the 1911 England census Ernest's widowed mother was living at 41 Eastfield Road in Peterborough).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Canadian Engineers
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
Not stated on memorial
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Cpl
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
Belgium
Town of death
Ypres
Country of burial
Not Stated on Memorial
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1916
Month of death
August
Day of death
22
Manner of death as stated
"Killed in action 22 August 1916 [sic] at Ypres [sic]"
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action
Personal Details
Address
119, CROWN STREET
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial