"Seth Watson Herrick served in the 2nd Maryland Eastern Shore Infantry for three years during the War between the States. Born in Maine in 1834, he enlisted in the Union Army when he was 27, and rose through the ranks to become a major. After the war, he moved to the U.K., became a British subject, and died a poor man 101 years ago."
"Among the dozens who attended the ceremony were Lt. Col. Jesse F. Moore, Assistant Army Attaché from the U.S. Embassy in London; the mayor of the London borough of Barnet, Reuben Thompstone; British amateur historian Michael Hammerson, who found Herrick's grave and was instrumental in arranging for a headstone to be erected, and Herrick's great-grandson, Robert Herrick. On Saturday, 27 July 2019, a U.S. Veterans' Administration marble grave marker was dedicated at his previously unmarked grave at the cemetery."
Sources:
"Union soldier's unmarked grave is finally honored in a London cemetery more than 100 years after he survived being shot in the head and relocated to the UK" by James Wood and Sebastian Murphy-Bates for mailonline, 29 July 2019.
"Gravestone dedicated to US Civil War veteran, 101 years after his burial in London" by Christopher Dennis | STARS AND STRIPES, 28 July 2019.
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Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900
Name: Seth Herrick
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 27 Sep 1834
Birthplace: Green, Androscoggin County, Maine
Father's Name: William A. Herrick [William Alexis Herrick (1807-1861)]
Mother's Name: Agnes W.
Attached to: Seth Watson Herrick, 1834–1918
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Appreciation to Mark Bugajski for the two military records on his memorial.
"Among the dozens who attended the ceremony were Lt. Col. Jesse F. Moore, Assistant Army Attaché from the U.S. Embassy in London; the mayor of the London borough of Barnet, Reuben Thompstone; British amateur historian Michael Hammerson, who found Herrick's grave and was instrumental in arranging for a headstone to be erected, and Herrick's great-grandson, Robert Herrick. On Saturday, 27 July 2019, a U.S. Veterans' Administration marble grave marker was dedicated at his previously unmarked grave at the cemetery."
Sources:
"Union soldier's unmarked grave is finally honored in a London cemetery more than 100 years after he survived being shot in the head and relocated to the UK" by James Wood and Sebastian Murphy-Bates for mailonline, 29 July 2019.
"Gravestone dedicated to US Civil War veteran, 101 years after his burial in London" by Christopher Dennis | STARS AND STRIPES, 28 July 2019.
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Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900
Name: Seth Herrick
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 27 Sep 1834
Birthplace: Green, Androscoggin County, Maine
Father's Name: William A. Herrick [William Alexis Herrick (1807-1861)]
Mother's Name: Agnes W.
Attached to: Seth Watson Herrick, 1834–1918
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Appreciation to Mark Bugajski for the two military records on his memorial.
"Seth Watson Herrick served in the 2nd Maryland Eastern Shore Infantry for three years during the War between the States. Born in Maine in 1834, he enlisted in the Union Army when he was 27, and rose through the ranks to become a major. After the war, he moved to the U.K., became a British subject, and died a poor man 101 years ago."
"Among the dozens who attended the ceremony were Lt. Col. Jesse F. Moore, Assistant Army Attaché from the U.S. Embassy in London; the mayor of the London borough of Barnet, Reuben Thompstone; British amateur historian Michael Hammerson, who found Herrick's grave and was instrumental in arranging for a headstone to be erected, and Herrick's great-grandson, Robert Herrick. On Saturday, 27 July 2019, a U.S. Veterans' Administration marble grave marker was dedicated at his previously unmarked grave at the cemetery."
Sources:
"Union soldier's unmarked grave is finally honored in a London cemetery more than 100 years after he survived being shot in the head and relocated to the UK" by James Wood and Sebastian Murphy-Bates for mailonline, 29 July 2019.
"Gravestone dedicated to US Civil War veteran, 101 years after his burial in London" by Christopher Dennis | STARS AND STRIPES, 28 July 2019.
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Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900
Name: Seth Herrick
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 27 Sep 1834
Birthplace: Green, Androscoggin County, Maine
Father's Name: William A. Herrick [William Alexis Herrick (1807-1861)]
Mother's Name: Agnes W.
Attached to: Seth Watson Herrick, 1834–1918
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Appreciation to Mark Bugajski for the two military records on his memorial.
"Among the dozens who attended the ceremony were Lt. Col. Jesse F. Moore, Assistant Army Attaché from the U.S. Embassy in London; the mayor of the London borough of Barnet, Reuben Thompstone; British amateur historian Michael Hammerson, who found Herrick's grave and was instrumental in arranging for a headstone to be erected, and Herrick's great-grandson, Robert Herrick. On Saturday, 27 July 2019, a U.S. Veterans' Administration marble grave marker was dedicated at his previously unmarked grave at the cemetery."
Sources:
"Union soldier's unmarked grave is finally honored in a London cemetery more than 100 years after he survived being shot in the head and relocated to the UK" by James Wood and Sebastian Murphy-Bates for mailonline, 29 July 2019.
"Gravestone dedicated to US Civil War veteran, 101 years after his burial in London" by Christopher Dennis | STARS AND STRIPES, 28 July 2019.
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Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900
Name: Seth Herrick
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 27 Sep 1834
Birthplace: Green, Androscoggin County, Maine
Father's Name: William A. Herrick [William Alexis Herrick (1807-1861)]
Mother's Name: Agnes W.
Attached to: Seth Watson Herrick, 1834–1918
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Appreciation to Mark Bugajski for the two military records on his memorial.
