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Private Harry James SELBY, G/1925, 7th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 30th October 1916, age 26.

Born Winton, Bournemouth, Hampshire, son of William and *Emily Selby, of Bournemouth, Hampshire.

1901 Census - Malmesbury Park Road, Bournemouth, Hampshire - *Emily Selby, head, widow, age 36, Caretaker Mission Chapel, worker, born Kensington, London; Harry Selby, son, age 11, born Bournemouth, Hampshire; Bertie Selby, son, age 9, born Bournemouth, Hampshire; William Selby, son, age 7, born Bournemouth, Hampshire; Reggie Selby, son, age 6, born Parkstone, Dorset.

1903 March, Christchurch, Hampshire Registration District, *Emily Selby married Thomas Wyndham Dennett.

1911 Census - Thomas Dennett, head, age 48, married, Municipal Horse Feeder, Borough Council, worker, born Chalton Parish, Dorset; *Emily Dennett, wife, age 46, married 8 years, 2 children, 1 still alive, born Kensington, London; Charles Dennett, son, age 13, born Bournemouth, Hampshire; Kathleen Dennett, daughter, age 7, Bournemouth, Hampshire; Minnie Selby, stepdaughter, age 23, single, Bournemouth, Hampshire; Harry Selby, stepson, age 21, single, milkman, on round, dairyman, worker, Bournemouth, Hampshire; Herbert Selby, stepson, age 19, single, storeman, chemist, worker, Bournemouth, Hampshire; William Selby, stepson, age 17, single, milkman, on round, dairyman, worker, Bournemouth, Hampshire; Reginald Selby, stepson, age 16, single, errand boy, butcher, worker, born Parkstone, Dorset.

Enlisted 8th September 1914, Bournemouth, Hampshire, age 24 years & 10 months, height 5ft 8½ inches, weight 116½lbs. Formerly tram conductor.

8th September 1914, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 9th September 1914, posted 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment;

1915 June Quarter, Christchurch, Hampshire, married #Emily Annie Curry, Maxwell Road, Winton, Bournemouth, Hampshire /  "Dorrington", Pine Road East, Bournemouth, Hampshire.

26th July 1915, posted BEF.

Child - Ronald James Selby, born 3rd March 1916, Maxwell Road, Winton, Bournemouth, Hampshire.

1921, June Quarter, Christchurch, Hampshire Registration District, #Emily Annie Selby married Ernest E Curnow.

28th September 1937 Probate - Harry James Selby, of the Corporation Depot, Maxwell Road, Bournemouth, died 30th October 1916, in France. Administration London 28th September to Emily Annie Curnow, (wife of Ernest Edwin Curnow), and Ronald James Selby, Postal Clerk. Effects £46.

Commemorated at Thiepval Memorial, Pier & Face 11C, France.