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{{short description|English cricketer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2016}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Gerald Seeley
| female =
| image =
| country = England
| fullname = Gerald Henry Seeley
| nickname =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1903|5|9|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Port Blair]], [[Andaman Islands]] 
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1941|7|23|1903|5|9|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[English Channel]], off [[Ostend]], [[German occupation of Belgium during World War II|German-occupied Belgium]]
| heightft =
| heightinch =
| heightm =
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling =
| role =
| club1 = [[Worcestershire County Cricket Club|Worcestershire]]
| year1 = 1921
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 1
| runs1 = 7
| bat avg1 = 7.00
| 100s/50s1 = 0/0
| top score1 = 7
| hidedeliveries = true
| catches/stumpings1 = 0/0
| date = 24 June
| year = 2008
| source = http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/32/32656/32656.html CricketArchive
}}

'''Gerald Henry Seeley''' (9 May 1903 – 23 July 1941) was an English [[cricket]]er who played a single [[first-class cricket|first-class]] game, for [[Worcestershire County Cricket Club|Worcestershire]] against [[Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club|Nottinghamshire]] at [[New Road, Worcester|Worcester]] in 1921. Batting at [[batting order (cricket)|number seven]] in his only innings, he scored 7 before falling [[Leg before wicket|lbw]] to [[John Gunn (cricketer)|John Gunn]].<ref>
{{cite web |url=http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/10/10281.html |title=Worcestershire v Nottinghamshire in 1921 |accessdate=2008-06-24 |publisher=CricketArchive}}</ref>
Although this was his only appearance at such a high level, he did play several times for [[Marlborough College]] and in 1921, a fortnight before his Worcestershire appearance, he hit 122 and took 5-59 against [[Rugby School]].<ref>
{{cite web |url=http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/150/150178.html |title=Marlborough College v Rugby School in 1921 |accessdate=2008-06-24 |publisher=CricketArchive}}</ref>

Seeley was born at [[Port Blair]]. in the [[Andaman Islands]].

==Military service and death==
In the [[Second World War]] he became an [[air gunner]] in the [[Royal Air Force]], and became a [[pilot officer]]. On 23 July 1941, Seeley took off from [[RAF Manston]] as the [[Rear gunner|rear air gunner]] of a [[Bristol Blenheim]] bomber. Whilst conducting anti-shipping operations over the [[English Channel]], the Blenheim was shot down off [[Ostend]] by a [[Kriegsmarine]] [[flak ship]], killing 2 of the 3 on board, Seeley and pilot Phillip Bernard Ashby. [[Pilot Officer]] Martin Lowes became a [[prisoner of war]]. He is buried in the Oostende New Communal Cemetery.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Pictures/5/5292.html |title=Last resting place of Gerald Seeley |accessdate=2008-06-24 |publisher=CricketArchive}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Seeley G |url=https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/loss/225129 |website=losses.internationalbcc.co.uk |accessdate=24 February 2020}}</ref>

==Notes==
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==References==
*[http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/32/32656/32656.html Gerald Seeley] from CricketArchive
*{{cricinfo|ref=england/content/player/20653.html}}

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[[Category:English cricketers]]
[[Category:Worcestershire cricketers]]
[[Category:Royal Air Force personnel killed in World War II]]
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[[Category:People from Port Blair]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands]]
[[Category:Royal Air Force officers]]

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->Ser Amantio di Nicolao: Removing from Category:Royal Air Force personnel of World War II in subcat using Cat-a-lot