William Henry Selwood
Memorial: Wickwar - Holy Trinity Church
Regiment: Somerset Light Infantry
Medals: 1914–15 Star, British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Private 10860
Parents: Henry Haywood and Sarah Jane Selwood (nee Roberts) of High Street, Wickwar
Home address: Blainllechaw in Glamorgan
Pre-war occupation: Colliery Hewer
Date of birth: 1887
Place of birth: Hawkesbury, Glos
Date of death: 02/05/1915
Buried/Commemorated at: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 21), Belgium
Age: 28
Further information:
William Henry Selwood was born in about 1887 in Hawkesbury. His parents were Henry Haywood Selwood and Sarah Jane Selwood (nee Roberts). His siblings were Reginald, Lizzie and the twins Reuben and Rufus. The twins died in infancy
William was working as a colliery hewer and living in Blainllechaw in Glamorgan in 1911. His widowed mother was living in the High Street in Wickwar in 1911 and she worked as a laundress
William enlisted in Ferndale in Glamorgan. He joined the 1st Battalion of the Somerset Light Infantry as a private. He died in May 1915 at the age of about 28. William is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial in Belgium
William Henry Selwood is also commemorated on the Wickwar Holy Trinity Church Memorial, the Wickwar Village Hall Memorial and the Chipping Sodbury and District War Memorial Cottage Hospital board, which is now at Yate and District Heritage Centre, under Wickwar
He was awarded the Victory, British War and 1914-15 Star medals
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
Yate and District Heritage Centre and the book “Lest We Forget” by Arthur Threlfall Searson. Forces War Records and CWGC