Harper Seed

Harper Seed was born in 1890 and died on the battlefield in France on 20th September 1917. He was Second Lieutenant in the 17th Battalion of the Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derbys Regiment).

As a former member of the Royal Academy of Music in London, his name appears on their Roll of Honour in central London.

Harper's family lived on Devonshire Road. His father, George Alfred Seed was a Director of a sugar merchant's. Round the corner on Chatsworth Road lived his uncle (the Wesleyan Church Minister), aunt and cousins - one of whom, Francis, also served in the War and survived. Harper is buried at Ypres in West Flanders, Belgium.

Related Topics: Dore in the First World War | Dore's War Memorial | Lych Gate War Memorial | Roll Call of War Dead 1914-1919