Wilfred G Selby/Dorsetshire Regiment

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Member Since: June 2006 Posts: 24 Send Message	Eileen	Report	12 Nov 2018 22:13
Member Since: June 2006 Posts: 24 Send Message	Does anyone have any information on the above chap who served and was killed in battle who may be related to my mother's family.
Member Since: June 2007 Posts: 31 288 Send Message	PricklyHolly	Report	12 Nov 2018 22:59
	Hi Eileen Is this the Wilfred G Selby you are referring to...... ??? Wilfred George Selby in the England, Select Dorset Church of England Parish Registers, 1538-1999 Name: Wilfred George Selby Event Type: Baptism Baptism Date: 24 Nov 1895 Baptism Place: Wareham, Dorset, England Father: Henry Selby Mother: Mary Selby FHL Film Number: 002434873 Record Transcription:Soldiers Died In The Great War 1914-1919 First name(s) Wilfred George Last name Selby Service number 17139 Rank Private Regiment Dorsetshire Regiment Battalion 5th Battalion. Residence - Birth place Wareham, Dorset Enlistment place Wareham Death year 1917 Death day 3 Death month 1 Cause of death Killed in action Death place France & Flanders Theatre of war Western European Theatre Supplementary Notes - Category Military, armed forces & conflict Subcategory First World War Collections from Great Britain, UK None Soldiers Died in the Great War database © Naval and Military Press Ltd 2010 Record Transcription:Commonwealth War Graves Commission Debt Of Honour First name(s) Wilfred George Last name Selby Birth year - Death year 1917 Death date 03 Jan 1917 Number 17139 Rank Private Unit 5th Bn. Regiment Dorsetshire Regiment Grave reference Pier and Face 7 B. Cemetery or memorial Thiepval Memorial Burial country France Link https://www.cwgc.org/find/find-war-dead War First World War, 1914-1918 Record set Commonwealth War Graves Commission Debt Of Honour Category Military, armed forces & conflict Subcategory First World War Collections from Great Britain, UK None © Commonwealth War Graves Commission 1911 Census For England & WalesWest St Wareham, Wareham Lady St Mary, Dorset, England Wilfred George Selby's Household Members Members that resided in the household at the time of the census. First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Age Birth year Occupation Birth place Henry Selby Head Married Male 52 1859 Carter On Farm Wiltshire Mary Selby Wife Married Female 50 1861 - Dorset Wareham Thomas William Selby Son Single Male 30 1881 General Labourer Dorset Carey Wareham Wilfred George Selby Son Single Male 16 1895 General Labour Dorset Wareham Ada May Selby Daughter - Female 13 1898 School Dorset Wareham Gwendoline Violet Langdown Selby Granddaughter - Female 7 1904 School Hants Beckley Christ Church Record Transcription: 1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Church Street, Wareham, Wareham Lady St Mary, Dorset, England Wilfred Selby's Household Members Members that resided in the household at the time of the census. First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Age Birth year Occupation Birth place Henry Selby Head Married Male 41 1860 Carter Cement Factory Wiltshire, England Mary Selby Wife Married Female 40 1861 - Wareham, Dorset, England Thomas Selby Son Single Male 19 1882 N K Wareham, Dorset, England Willie Selby Son - Male 13 1888 - Wareham, Dorset, England Wilfred Selby Son - Male 5 1896 - Wareham, Dorset, England Ada M Selby Daughter - Female 3 1898 - Wareham, Dorset, England Wilfred George Selby in the UK, Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929 Name: Wilfred George Selby Gender: Male Death Date: 3 Jan 1917 Rank: Private Regiment: Dorsetshire Regiment Regimental Number: 17139 Father....Henry
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	From CWGC Private SELBY, WILFRED GEORGE Service Number 17139 Died 03/01/1917 5th Bn. Dorsetshire Regiment Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Pier and Face 7 B. ....... From Ancestry UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919 Wilfred George Selby Birth Place: Wareham, Dorset Death Date: 3 Jan 1917 Death Place: France and Flanders Enlistment Place: Wareham Rank: Private Regiment: Dorsetshire Regiment Battalion: 5th Battalion Regimental Number: 17139 Type of Casualty: Killed in action Theatre of War: Western European Theatre ........ UK, Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929 Wilfred George Selby Gender: Male Death Date: 3 Jan 1917 Rank: Private Regiment: Dorsetshire Regiment Regimental Number: 17139 Effects ie back pay & war gratuity to father Henry. ....... 1911 census West St Wareham, Wareham Lady St Mary, Dorset, England Henry Selby Head Married Male 52 1859 Carter On Farm Wiltshire Mary Selby Wife Married Female 50 1861 - Dorset Wareham Thomas William Selby Son Single Male 30 1881 General Labourer Dorset Carey Wareham Wilfred George Selby Son Single Male 16 1895 General Labour Dorset Wareham Ada May Selby Daughter - Female 13 1898 School Dorset Wareham Gwendoline Violet Langdown Selby Granddaughter - Female 7 1904 School Hants Beckley Christ Church .... 1901 Church Street, Wareham, Wareham Lady St Mary, Dorset, England Henry Selby Head Married Male 41 1860 Carter Cement Factory Wiltshire, England Mary Selby Wife Married Female 40 1861 - Wareham, Dorset, England Thomas Selby Son Single Male 19 1882 N K Wareham, Dorset, England Willie Selby Son - Male 13 1888 - Wareham, Dorset, England Wilfred Selby Son - Male 5 1896 - Wareham, Dorset, England Ada M Selby Daughter - Female 3 1898 - Wareham, Dorset, England ......... Dorset, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906 Name: Wilfred George Selby Baptism Date: 24 Nov 1895 Baptism Place: Wareham, Dorset, England Residence, Wareham Father: Henry Selby (Labourer) Mother: Mary Selby Birth reg Wilfred George Selby Registration Year: 1895 Registration Quarter: Oct-Nov-Dec Registration district: Wareham Inferred County: Dorset Volume: 5a Page: 271 Not shown on GRO which would give mother's maiden name, but possibly sister Ada M Selby SELBY, ADA MAY mmn BARNES GRO Reference: 1898 M Quarter in WAREHAM Volume 05A Page 268
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	Parent's marriage? Name: Henry Selby Gender: Male Marriage Age: 22 Birth Year: abt 1859 Marriage Date: 27 Mar 1881 Marriage Place: Wareham, Dorset, England Father: Thomas Selby Spouse: Mary Barnes
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	This might be Henry Selby's baptism, but 'Wiltshire' is a big place. Henry Selby Baptism Date: 8 Sep 1858 Baptism Place: Fonthill Bishop, Wiltshire, England Father: Thomas Selby (Labourer) Mother: Hannah Selby Residence Fonthill Bishop
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	Assuming its the same family, the 1861 census places them in Dorset Arfleet, Corfe Castle, Wareham, Dorset, England Thomas Selby Head Married Male 50 1831 Carter Dorset, England Hannah Selby Wife Married Female 48 1813 - Dorset, England Ann Selby Daughter Unmarried Female 21 1840 - Dorset, England Frank Selby Son Unmarried Male 16 1845 Labourer Studland, Dorset, England John Selby Son - Male 14 1847 - Studland, Dorset, England Elizabet Selby Daughter - Female 12 1849 - Studland, Dorset, England Mary Selby Daughter - Female 10 1851 Scholar Corfe Castle, Dorset, England Jane Selby Daughter - Female 7 1854 Scholar Milton, Hampshire, England Henry Selby Son - Male 2 1859 - Wiltshire, England Charles Selby Grandson - Male 0 1861 - Wareham, Dorset, England typo/miscalculation. Should read 1813 Image says Henry 1859 born Fonthill, Wiltshire, England 1871 census Holme Priory, East Holme, Wareham, Dorset, England Thomas Selby Head - Male 59 1812 Carter Dorset, England Hannah Selby Wife - Female 58 1813 - Dorset, England Frank Selby Son - Male 27 1844 Ag Lab Dorset, England John Selby Son - Male 24 1847 Carter Dorset, England Jane Selby Daughter - Female 19 1852 - Hampshire, England Henry Selby Son - Male 12 1859 - Wiltshire, England Charles Selby Grandson - Male 11 1860 - Dorset, England George Selby Grandson - Male 7 1864 - Hampshire, England Image says Thomas 1812 born Winfrith, Dorset, England Unless you can give us a clue, we can't really link to your known Dorsetshire family.
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Member Since: June 2006 Posts: 24 Send Message	Eileen	Report	13 Nov 2018 13:28
Member Since: June 2006 Posts: 24 Send Message	Thank you to all who have responded so rapidly to my request for info on my query which is so helpful and will probably confirm or not whether he is part of our family. Best wishes Piff (Eileen)

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