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Drunk as a Lord? The dismissal and redemption of Lord Edward Seymour

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Cambrai - Attack and stalemate The British attack at Cambrai on 20 November 1917 is well known for the mass-use of tanks for the first time. This operation, initially highly successful, was originally intended to be little more than a large-scale raid, but evolved into a much more ambitious affair. Whilst the use of tanks has made this action fa...


5 December 1917: Private Lord Edward Beauchamp Seymour

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Edward Beauchamp Seymour was born on 22 November 1879 at Ragley Hall, Alcester, Warwickshire His parents were Hugh de Grey Seymour 6th Marquis of Hertford and Countess Mary Hood; he was their seventh child.  At the 1881 England Census, aged 2, Edward was with his family at 20 Beaufort Gardens, Kensington. This included father, mother, his six s...