Capt. Seagram (age 30) was the first office, of the 48th Highlanders to be killed in the Second World War – March 8, 1941.
Philip Seagram attended the Chicago World Fair as a new subaltern (2nd Lt.) with the regiment in 1934 representing the Canadian armed forces.
Lt. Seagram sailed from Halifax in December of 1939 on the S.S. Reina Del Pacifico and after a period of staff duties, in May of 1940, was appointed to HQ of 1st Canadian Division in London as a Captain and Aide de Camp to Lt. Gen. Andrew McNaughton.
He travelled to the Dunkirk area just days prior to the famous evacuation with Gen. McNaughton staff to assess the situation of the withdrawal and battle.
While on leave from the Junior Staff College during the bombing blitz of London, on March 8, 1941 Philip and several others sought safety in the basement of the Café de Paris near Leicester Square, London, when it was struck by two bombs. The blast killed Philip and several others. Captain Philip Frowde Seagram was buried with military honours in Brookwood Cemetery