UPTON SELWAY
- Died: 30 Nov 1918
- Rank: Petty Officer
- Service no at death: 227897(PO)
- Died: 30 Nov 1918
- Rank: Petty Officer
- Service no at death: 227897(PO)
Personal
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- Surname: SELWAY
- Forename: UPTON
- Initials: U
- Date of Birth: 1887
- Place of Birth: Corstophine, Edinburgh
- Place of Birth Source: 1891 Census
- Address: Regular Navy
- Schools attended: Wimborne Grammar School
- Employment / trade:
- Place of work: Royal Navy
- Family (parents and grandparents): Son of George and Elizabeth Selwy of Crescent Road, Wimborne.
- Spouse Name: No record of any marriage
- Notes: 1911 Census shows Mother, Elizabeth, widowed District Nurse, living at 16 Crescent Rd, Wimborne, with daughter Dorothy.
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- Area reported to:
- Source: 1891 Census
- Naval vessels served: Various
- Decorations and awards:
- Other service details: Royal Navy from approximately 1905. His first ship was HMS Impregnable.
- Other rank: Petty Officer
- Other service no: 227897
- Service facts:
Death and Memorial
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- Age at death: 31
- Date of death: 30 Nov 1918
- Regiment at death: Royal Navy
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- Rank at death: Petty Officer
- Circumstances of death: Serving with the Royal Navy Aircraft Kite Balloon Section on HMS Neptune.Died of Influenza and pneumonia.(Register of Seamens’ Services, ancestry.com)
- Service no at death: 227897(PO)
- Field of action at death:
- Place of death: United Kingdom
- Location of grave: Queensferry Cemetery, Dalmeny Parish, Edinburgh.
- Position: 578
- Other memorials: St. John’s Church, Wimborne Town Memorial, Wimborne Minster. Wooden memorial in the hall at Queen Elizabeth's School
- Newspaper Reference : None found.Website www.queensferryatWar.weebly.com useful.