JAMES EDWARD SEAMAN
From May through to September 2026, Andrew will be fulfilling his dream to hike the iconic Land’s End to John O’Groats! You are all warmly invited to follow Andrew’s epic journey on his Facebook page, “Andrew Beal LEJOG” https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61577588795730
As Andrew hikes the 1,300+ miles, he will raise funds for the Ipswich War Memorial Project to help finance our future exhibitions and research of the brave Ipswich men and women who lost their lives in conflict. If you would like to make a small donation, please click on the link: https://gofund.me/5d4a50570
Thank you for your love and support. Andrew & Helen – I.W.M.P.
Born: 1891, Ipswich.
Died: 26th April 1916, age 24; KiA at La Basse, France.
Residence: Clarkson Street, Ipswich.
Enlistment: Ipswich.
Rank: Lance Corporal; Service Number: 3607
Regiment: Suffolk Regiment, 1st/4th Battalion, B Company.
Medals Awarded: Victory & British War.
Grave Location:
E. 17.
Pas de Calais,
France.
CENSUS
1901 20, Anglesea Road, Ipswich.
James was 9 years old and living with his parents & sisters.
Frederick Stanley Seaman, 46, a tobacco manufacturers Clerk; born Hintlesham, Suffolk.
Eleanor Seaman (nee Wase), 51; born Letheringham, Suffolk.
Bertha Maud Seaman, 8, born Ipswich.
Margaret Eleanor Seaman, 4, born Ipswich.
1 servant.
1911 169, Mansfield Road, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire.
James was 19 years old, a Clerk in the Tobacco Trade. He was a boarder to Mrs Sarah Priestly, a widow.
Probate to Frederick Stanley Seaman – father, a merchant’s clerk.
Soldiers’ Effects’ to Frederick S. Seaman – father.
James is also remembered on the war memorial at St. Margaret’s Church, Ipswich
and on the war memorial at the Presbyterian Church formerly on London Road, Ipswich.
Suffolk Regiment, 1st/4th Battalion:
Suffolk Regiment battalion movements
Suffolk regiment website
Friends of The Suffolk Regiment
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