Private Henry Seddon

Private Henry Seddon was the son of Harold Sydney and Ann Seddon, of Maghull, Lancashire. It is believed he served with the 5th Battalion, The East Lancashire Regiment before volunteering for airborne forces.

He attended Parachute Training Course No 90, which ran at RAF Ringway from 1 to13 November 1943. The course was attended by 262 trainees who completed 1825  descents including 223 by night. The instructors noted that Pte Seddon was a "good steady worker,very keen, completed course successfully". 

Pte Seddon was posted to the 13th Parachute Battalion on completion of his training.

He jumped with the Battalion as part of Operation Overlord and fought in the Normandy campaign.

Pte Seddon died on 19 August 1944, aged 22 years, and is buried in Ranville War Cemetery, Normandy.

Cemetery photograph reproduced by kind permission of CWGC.