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Lt. · 1 County of London Yeomanry (Middlesex Hussars)

Seymour J.H. Van den Bergh

† 27/10/1917 · aged 27 · Beersheba War Cemetery, Q.13, Israel and Palestine (including Gaza); personal inscription: SON OF HENRY & HENRIETTE VAN DEN BERGH SO FAR FROM HOME YET SO NEAR TO THOSE WHO LOVE HIM

Personal data

NameVan den Bergh
InitialsS.J.H.
Christian nameSeymour J.H.
FamilySon of Henry and Henriette Van den Bergh, of 8, Kensington Palace Gardens, London.

Military data

RankLt.
Regiment / Unit1 County of London Yeomanry (Middlesex Hussars)
Date of death
Age27
Cemetery / MemorialBeersheba War Cemetery, Q.13, Israel and Palestine (including Gaza); personal inscription: SON OF HENRY & HENRIETTE VAN DEN BERGH SO FAR FROM HOME YET SO NEAR TO THOSE WHO LOVE HIM

Other information

Information
Killed in action
Information 2
Brother of James H., Lt., 6 London Brigade, died 21.05.1916 (Arras Memorial)
Information 3
'The Van den Bergh Lamp' - Fulham Branch, London. Endowed on 06.03.1929. First lit on 27.04.1929 at The Great Hall of Church House, Westminster, by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales. "To the loving memory of Seymour James Van den Bergh, Capt., Middlesex Yeomanry, Beersheba, 27.10.1917; and of James Henry Van den Bergh, Lt., 6th London Brigade, R.F.A. (T.F.), Vimy Ridge, 21.5.1916." (Given by their brother.)

Sources

Source
Liber Vitae 1928
Source 2
Roll of the Lamps of Maintenance of Toc H, 1922-1936