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Second Lieutenant CHRISTOPHER WAKEFIELD SELWYN

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Leicestershire Regiment

5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 17 May 1915

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BAILLEUL COMMUNAL CEMETERY, NORD

I. 3.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of the Rev. E. C. Selwyn, D.D., for 20 years Headmaster of Uppingham School, and of Lucy Ada Selwyn, grand-daughter of Dr. Arnold, of Rugby.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS PURE SOUL UNTO HIS CAPTAIN, CHRIST
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Buried or commemorated at

BAILLEUL COMMUNAL CEMETERY, NORD
Nord France
Number of casualties: 619
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