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VC1231 Derek Anthony Seagrim
Name Derek Anthony Seagrim No. POSTHUMOUS
VC Issue No. 1231 Awards VC
Regiment Green Howards (Alexandra, Princess of Wales Own York Regiment) commanding 7th Battalion
Later 2nd Battalion, The Yorkshire Regiment
Now Disbanded July 2012
Rank VC Won Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
Rank End Of Career Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
Place Of Birth Bournemouth, Dorset, England
Place Of Death Military Hospital, near Sfax, Tunisia
Buried/Location Ashes Sfax War Cemetery, 150 miles south of Tunis, Tunisia
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone (CWGC) Plot/Grave no. Plot XIV, Row C, Grave 21
Gazetted 13 May 1943
VC Presented 23 February 1944, King George VI, Buckingham Palace, London, England
Memorials
P Headstone, Sfax War Cemetery, 150 miles south of Tunis, Tunisia
P Named on War Memorial, St Marys Parish Churchyard, Whissonsett, Norfolk
P Plaque on Family Grave, St Marys Parish Churchyard, Whissonsett, Norfolk
P Roll of Honour, Framed Photo & Kneeler, Parish Church of St Mary's, Whissonsett, Norfolk
P Named on War Memorial, Northam, Devon
P WW2 War Memorial, St Margarets Church, Northam, Devon
P Named on War Memorial, Lady Chapel, Holy Trnity Church, Westward Ho, Devon
P Village Sign depicting Derek Anthony & Hugh Seagrim, Whissonsett, Norfolk
P Named on Honours Board, Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, Surrey
P Memorial Plaque, Stanley Hollis VC Statue, Linthorpe Road, Middlesborough, North Yorkshire
P Named on Statue, outside Bournemouth Conferance Centre, Bournemouth, Dorset
P Seagrim Crescent, Richmond, North Yorkshire
P Seagrim Road, Bournemouth, Dorset
By The Way…
He was the twin brother of George Cross recipient Hugh Seagrim GC MBE DSO
VC Held By
I.W.M. /Lord Ashcroft Collection
BORN 24 September 1903
DIED 6 April 1943 AGE 39
VC Won 20-21 March 1943 AGE 39
Place VC Won Mareth Line, Tunisia
War/Campaign Second World War
