Ernest Selman
Memorial: Downend - Christ Church
Regiment: Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry
Medals: British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Private 40831
Parents: Arthur and Martha Harriet (Nee Bowyer) Selman
Marital status: Single
Home address: Home Address: 1 Bath Street, Staple Hill, Bristol Lived: 1911 Census – Southernhay Villas, Staple Hill, 1901 Census – Salisbury Road, Downend
Pre-war occupation: Scholar on 1911 Census
Date of birth: 1899
Date of death: 05/10/1918
Buried/Commemorated at: Sucrerie Cemetery, Ablain-St. Nazaire, France
Age: 19
Further information:
Ernest was born in 1899 (2nd Quarter) and was Baptised at Christ Church Downend on 2 July 1899. Ernest's father Arthur died in 1910 age 45. The 1911 census records Ernest living with his mother and 6 brothers and sisters. The post 1919 pension card and CWGC records note that his mothers address had changed to 5 Sunnybank, Bath Street, Staple Hill and then 3 Buckingham Place, Staple Hill.
Ernest served with the 7th Battalion, Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry and Died of Wounds on 5/10/1918.
Ernest is commemorated on the Christ Church Downend Memorial and the Staple Hill (Page Park) Memorial.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Findmypast (Soldiers Died during the Great War, 1901 & 1911 Census etc), Researcher John Davis.