The First World War
Officers of The Royal Canadian Regiment
Lt. Col. Edward Albert Seely-Smith
Soldiers of the First World War database entry - E.A. Seely-Smith
Capt. E.A. Seely-Smith, 1912
Service:
- Joined The R.C.R., 1 Jul 1906.
- 12 years service in the R.C.R. at time of attestation for overseas service, 16 May 1918
- August 1914, The RCR is authorized to enlist additional men and Capt Seely-Smith, in British Columbia en route to Australia, is ordered to remain at Esquimault and raise and command a company of 4 officers and 98 men. This would become "L" Coy a regimental Depot during the First World War.
- Attested for overseas service with the 1st Tank Battalion, Canadian Machine Gun Corps, C.E.F. (rank, Major) but did serve with The RCR overseas late in the war.
- Oct 1924, Major, Officer Commanding "A" Company, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
- Attends the Senior Officers' School, Sheerness, England (1924).
- Commanding Officer, The RCR; 15 Oct 1924 to 21 Sep 1929
- 21 Sep 1929; Retired to pension and placed on Reserve of Officers.
Capt. E.A. Seely-Smith, |
Lt.-Col. E.A. Seely-Smith, 1928 |
Lt.-Col. E.A. Seely-Smith |
Five Commanding Officers attend the 1933 reunion at Wolseley Barracks, London, Ontario.
Date of Birth - 17 Sep 1888
- The O'Leary Collection; Medals of The Royal Canadian Regiment.
- Researching Canadian Soldiers of the First World War
- Researching The Royal Canadian Regiment
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- Battle Honours
- Perpetuation of the CEF
- A Miscellany
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- Site Map
The RCR in the Great War
War Diary
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Battle Bars and The RCR
The RCR Battle Bar Ledger (pdf)
Honours and Awards
Roll of Honour
Prisoners of War
Cemetery List
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Courts Martial
Officers
RSMs of The RCR (1914-1919)
NCOs and Soldiers
An Officer's Diary (1914-1918)
Recollections of a Nonagenerian (R. England) (1916-1919)
On to Bermuda (1914-15)
England and France 1915-1916 (Hayes; 1931)
Overseas with The Royals (1915)
Regimental History Pamphlet (1917)
Amiens (1918)
Cambrai (1918)
Monchy-le-Preux (1918)
Under-aged Soldiers in The RCR
Not All Were Volunteers; The RCR and the Military Service Act
Sentenced to Death by Court Martial
The 7th Trench Mortar Battery
A Regimental Goat
Regiment and Family, Bermuda 1914-15
"March the Guilty Bastard In"
Surrendered as Stowaway
Re-Visiting the Great War Roll of Honour for The RCR
Canadian Corps Trench Standing Orders (1916)
