Background
Ernie was born in a small village near Norwich, then while he was still a young boy his mother remarried and his family moved to Scole.
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Ernest Seaman
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Career
On leaving school he worked for a while as a page boy in the Grand Hotel in Felixstowe. He had a few other jobs before signing up to go and fight for his country. Classified as unfit for active front line service he ended up as a baker in the Army Service Corps of the British Army.
lieutenant was not until late in the war that he was allowed to join a front-line unit
He was 25 years old, and a lance-corporal in the 2nd Battalion, The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the Venture capital. A copy of his medal is held in the Officers Mess at The Royal Logistic Corps Museum (Camberley, Surrey, England). The original is kept in a bank vault.
Ernie is commemorated at Tyne Cot Cemetery (Panel Number 70), the memorial to the 36th Division at the Ulster Tower near Thiepval on the Somme, Felixstowe War Memorial (Suffolk), and the Scole War Memorial (Norfolk).
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Born
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Died
September 29, 1918 (aged 25) -
Nationality
United Kingdom
Awards
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Victoria Cross; Military Medal Victoria Cross
The Victoria Cross (VC) is the highest military decoration awarded for valour 'in the face of the enemy' to members of the armed forces of various Commonwealth countries, and previous British Empire territories.The Victoria Cross (VC) is the highest military decoration awarded for valour 'in the face of the enemy' to members of the armed forces of various Commonwealth countries, and previous British Empire territories.