Louis Frank Seidel was born in Lambeth, London in early 1899, the third son of Franz Louis Seidel, a hairdresser who had immigrated from Germany, and Augusta Emilie nee Leuschner. He became a railway clerk. He may have been a private in the East African Regiment, Regimental no 3550, with date of first service 11/10/15: He became a Commander in the Uganda Volunteer Reserve, and his death on 14/8/16 is commemorated at Voi, Kenya, His two brothers also served in World War I, and one died in service.

Hazel Anne Seidel