BORN HULL 1897. SON OF SETH HEAP (1868-1924) & MARY JANE WHEATLEY, OF 4 COBDEN STREET, ALBERT AVENUE, HULL (1911 CENSUS ADDRESS) & 9, CASTLE GROVE, PERTH STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HIS FATHER WAS A BOILER MAKER FOR THE HULL & BARNSLEY LOCOMOTIVE RAILWAY DEPARTMENT.
SETH HAD ONE OLDER SISTER, MARY ALICE HEAP, WHO WAS A DRESSMAKER.
HE ENLISTED UNDERAGE. SERVED WITH THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 9 NOVEMBER 1914. KILLED IN ACTION ON 23/03/1915, AGED 17. HE WAS ON DUTY AT THE TIME, WITH GEORGE HENRY FAIRFAX WHEN HE WAS SHOT IN THE HEAD. HE DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 23/03/1915, AGED JUST 17. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, MARY JANE.
SETH HEALP’S DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL TIMES, ON 17/04/1915, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. HIS ADDRESS WAS GIVEN AS 4, CYNTHIA GROVE, DIVISION ROAD, HULL.. HIS MOTHER ACCORDING TO WAR PENSION RECORDS WAS WHOLLY INCAPACITATED AND UNABLE TO EARN A LIVING. SHE NOMINATED HER DAUGHTER, ALICE ,TO RECEIVE SETH’S WAR PENSION.
SETH HEAP IS BURIED WITH GEORGE HENRY FAIRFAX, AT HOUPLINES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, NORD, FRANCE. PRIVATE, GEORGE HENRY FAIRFAX, 7759, FROM SHEFFIELD, DIED THE FOLLING DAY, 24 MARCH 1915.
