[2] He was a self-taught artist (although he received advice from Sir Alfred Munnings and Bertram Priestman) and enjoyed a wide range of admirers from the British royal family and the Aga Khan to the common man.

He was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Royal Engineers on 3 December 1939, with the Army number 110235[4] and was employed on developing camouflage[5] techniques for Field Marshal Auchinleck, with whom he had a lifelong friendship.

Major Eddy Hodges DSO of 2nd Battalion The King's Regiment may not have been alone in folding his painting so that it fitted in the pocket of his Battle Dress blouse.

Edward Seago relinquished his Commission on account of ill-health whilst serving as a War Substantive Captain and was granted the honorary rank of Major on 16 October 1944.

"[7] Seago also created a solid silver sculpture of St George slaying the Dragon, which serves as an automobile mascot for any state limousine in which the monarch travels.

[10] Marking fifty years since the artist's death the Portland Gallery mounted a sales exhibition of Edward Seago's oils, watercolours and drawings on 12th to 28th June 2024.