Gerald Seeley
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| Full name | Gerald Henry Seeley | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 May 1903 Port Blair, Andaman Islands | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 23 July 1941 (aged 38) English Channel, off Ostend, German-occupied Belgium | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
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| 1921 | Worcestershire | ||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 24 June 2008 | |||||||||||||||
Gerald Henry Seeley (9 May 1903 – 23 July 1941) was an English cricketer who played a single first-class game, for Worcestershire against Nottinghamshire at Worcester in 1921. Batting at number seven in his only innings, he scored 7 before falling lbw to John Gunn.[1] Although this was his only appearance at such a high level, he did play several times for Marlborough College and in 1921, a fortnight before his Worcestershire appearance, he hit 122 and took 5-59 against Rugby School.[2]
Seeley was born at Port Blair. in the Andaman Islands.
Military service and death[edit]
In the Second World War he became an air gunner in the Royal Air Force, and became a pilot officer. On 23 July 1941, Seeley took off from RAF Manston as the rear air gunner of a Bristol Blenheim bomber. Whilst conducting anti-shipping operations over the English Channel, the Blenheim was shot down off Ostend by a Kriegsmarine flak ship, killing 2 of the 3 on board, Seeley and pilot Phillip Bernard Ashby. Pilot Officer Martin Lowes became a prisoner of war. He is buried in the Oostende New Communal Cemetery.[3][4]
Notes[edit]
- ^ "Worcestershire v Nottinghamshire in 1921". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 June 2008.
- ^ "Marlborough College v Rugby School in 1921". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 June 2008.
- ^ "Last resting place of Gerald Seeley". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 June 2008.
- ^ "Seeley G". losses.internationalbcc.co.uk. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
References[edit]
- Gerald Seeley from CricketArchive
- Gerald Seeley at ESPNcricinfo
