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Captain Philip Frowde Seagram
1911 - 1941 (~ 29 years)-
Name Philip Frowde Seagram Prefix Captain Residence 1911 Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada 
[1] Anglican Born Apr 1911 , Ontario, Canada [1] Gender Male Military WW2 Misfortune killed in WW2 
Seagram,PhilipFrowde-0002.jpg Eby ID Number Waterloo-192289P Died 8 Mar 1941 London, England Buried Brookwood Military Cemetery, Brookwood, , Surrey, England Person ID I192289 Generations Last Modified 28 Jan 2025
Father Mayor Edward Frowde Seagram, b. 28 Sep 1873, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada , d. 1 Feb 1937, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada (Age 63 years) Mother Edna Irvine MacLachlan, b. 4 Sep 1880, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada , d. 29 May 1925, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (Age 44 years) Family ID F186055 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - Canada declared war on Sept. 10, 1939, but five days earlier, Lieutenant Philip Frowde Seagram had already signed on to the Canadian Field Force. After a series of courses in regimental duties and field engineering, Philip embarked for England from Halifax on Dec. 18. Through much of 1940, he was assigned to headquarters of the 1st Canadian Division based in London. Promoted to Captain and named an aide-de-camp to the general officer commanding, i.e. Lieutenant-General Andrew McNaughton, Philip was busy taking numerous courses. The German bombing blitz lasted from fall 1940 until May so, on Saturday, March 8, 1941, London was still a dangerous city in which to be out-and-about. A party of eight Canadian servicemen and nursing sisters felt the famous Café de Paris near Leicester Square might be a safer place than most since it was 20 feet underground below a two-storey, very solid building. Nevertheless, two German bombs did reach the club. One was a dud, but the other exploded just above the dance floor, close to Britain's popular bandleader, Ken "Snakehips" Johnson. Sitting at a table with his friends, Philip Seagram was also killed.
"Flash From The Past: German Bomb Disrupts Seagram Family Branch". 2022. Therecord.Com. https://www.therecord.com/life/local-history/2022/01/28/flash-from-the-past-german-bomb-disrupts-seagram-family-branch.html.
- Canada declared war on Sept. 10, 1939, but five days earlier, Lieutenant Philip Frowde Seagram had already signed on to the Canadian Field Force. After a series of courses in regimental duties and field engineering, Philip embarked for England from Halifax on Dec. 18. Through much of 1940, he was assigned to headquarters of the 1st Canadian Division based in London. Promoted to Captain and named an aide-de-camp to the general officer commanding, i.e. Lieutenant-General Andrew McNaughton, Philip was busy taking numerous courses. The German bombing blitz lasted from fall 1940 until May so, on Saturday, March 8, 1941, London was still a dangerous city in which to be out-and-about. A party of eight Canadian servicemen and nursing sisters felt the famous Café de Paris near Leicester Square might be a safer place than most since it was 20 feet underground below a two-storey, very solid building. Nevertheless, two German bombs did reach the club. One was a dud, but the other exploded just above the dance floor, close to Britain's popular bandleader, Ken "Snakehips" Johnson. Sitting at a table with his friends, Philip Seagram was also killed.
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Sources - [S366] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1911, Div. 45 Pg. 9.
- [S366] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1911, Div. 45 Pg. 9.
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Residence - Anglican - 1911 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada 
Born - Apr 1911 - , Ontario, Canada 
Died - 8 Mar 1941 - London, England 
Buried - - Brookwood Military Cemetery, Brookwood, , Surrey, England = Link to Google Earth
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