| Gerald Seeley | |
| Country: | England |
| Fullname: | Gerald Henry Seeley |
| Birth Date: | 9 May 1903 |
| Death Place: | English Channel, off Ostend, German-occupied Belgium |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Club1: | Worcestershire |
| Year1: | 1921 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 1 |
| Runs1: | 7 |
| Bat Avg1: | 7.00 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/0 |
| Top Score1: | 7 |
| Hidedeliveries: | true |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 0/0 |
| Date: | 24 June |
| Year: | 2008 |
| Source: | http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/32/32656/32656.html CricketArchive |
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]
Seeley was born at Port Blair. in the Andaman Islands.
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]