Richard John Spotswood Seddon

Captain

Conflict:

WW1

Additional Information:

Born at Westland, New Zealand. Held a commission in the South African Campaign. Eldest son of Louisa Jane Seddon, of Wellington, New Zealand, and the late Rt. Hon. Richard John Seddon, P.C., LL.D., Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1893 to 1906.

References:

CWGC

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

Captain Richard John Spotswood Seddon was killed in action on 21 August 1918, just days after arriving in France.

Richard’s father, also named Richard, had been Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1893 until his death in 1906.

Over a ten-year period Captain Seddon’s widowed mother did her utmost to get her son’s remains exhumed and reburied in New Zealand. Her correspondence to the Imperial War Graves Commission showing how she called on Sir Fabian Ware to permit this, while also trying to gain support from High Commissioners, Foreign Secretaries and Prime Ministers.

from CWGC, Facebook, 25th April 2020

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Casualty

Service Number:

57384

Name:

Richard John Spotswood Seddon

Rank:

Captain

Date of Birth:

Not known

Education:

Nelson College

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Unit:

3 New Zealand (Rifle) Brigade, 3 Battalion

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Killed in action at Bapaume

Date of Death:

21 August 1918

Day of Death:

Wednesday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW1

Embarkation Details

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery:

Hebuterne Military Cemetery

Cemetery Reference:

I. F. 1.

Cemetery Location:

France