Gerald Seeley

Gerald Henry Seeley (9 May 1903 – 23 July 1941) was an English cricketer who played a single first-class game, for Worcestershire against Nottinghamshire at Worcester in 1921. Batting at number seven in his only innings, he scored 7 before falling lbw to John Gunn.^[1] Although this was his only appearance at such a high level, he did play several times for Marlborough College and in 1921, a fortnight before his Worcestershire appearance, he hit 122 and took 5-59 against Rugby School.^[2]

Gerald Seeley

Personal information
Full name	Gerald Henry Seeley
Born	(1903-05-09)9 May 1903 Port Blair, Andaman Islands
Died	23 July 1941(1941-07-23) (aged 38) English Channel, off Ostend, German-occupied Belgium
Batting	Right-handed
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1921	Worcestershire
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 1 Runs scored 7 Batting average 7.00 100s/50s 0/0 Top score 7 Catches/stumpings 0/0
Source: CricketArchive, 24 June 2008

Seeley was born at Port Blair. in the Andaman Islands.

Military service and death

In the Second World War he became an air gunner in the Royal Air Force, and became a pilot officer. On 23 July 1941, Seeley took off from RAF Manston as the rear air gunner of a Bristol Blenheim bomber. Whilst conducting anti-shipping operations over the English Channel, the Blenheim was shot down off Ostend by a Kriegsmarine flak ship, killing 2 of the 3 on board, Seeley and pilot Phillip Bernard Ashby. Pilot Officer Martin Lowes became a prisoner of war. He is buried in the Oostende New Communal Cemetery.^[3][4]