Reg Seekings

{{Short description|British military Warrant Officer}}

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| name = Reg Seekings

| birth_name = Albert Reginald Seeking

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1920|03|19|df=y}}

| birth_place = Stuntney, Cambridgeshire,
United Kingdom

| death_date = {{death date and age|1999|03|16|1920|03|19|df=y}}

| death_place = Stanton, Suffolk,
United Kingdom

| allegiance = United Kingdom

| branch = British Army

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| serviceyears = 1940–1945

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| unit = Layforce
Special Air Service

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| battles = Second World War

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| spouse = Monica Smith

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Albert Reginald Seeking (19 March 1920 – 16 March 1999) was a warrant officer of the British Army and a founding member of the Special Air Service (SAS).{{cite book |author1=Christopher Chant |title=SAS in Action |date=1998 |publisher=Parragon Book Service Limited |isbn=0752525840 |page=42}}{{cite book |author1=Mike Ryan |title=Secret Operations of the SAS |date=2003 |publisher=Leo Cooper |isbn=9781844150069}} In 1940, along with his brother, he volunteered for part of Layforce in the Second World War. In 1941, he joined the SAS in North Africa, taking part in numberious raids. He later served in the European theater and took part in the liberation of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.{{cite news |author1=Max Arthur |title=Obituary: Reg Seekings |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-reg-seekings-1091190.html |access-date=4 May 2025 |work=Independent |date=3 May 1999}}{{cite book |author1=Tony Rushmer |title=SAS: Duty Before Glory: The True WWII Story of SAS Original Reg Seekings |date=2024 |publisher=Michael O'Mara Books Ltd |isbn=1789296722}}

Seekings is the subject of a biography titled ‘SAS: Duty Before Glory’ whereby he is attributed as one of or perhaps the most battle-hardened British soldier of WW2.

Seekings later served in the British South Africa Police.