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Lieutenant Colonel WILLIAM SELBY

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Indian Medical Service

Date of Death

Died 08 September 1916

Age 47 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LUCKNOW CANTONMENT MILITARY CEMETERY

Plot V. Row I. Grave 5.

India

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  • Country of Service Indian
  • Awards Distinguished Service Order
  • Additional Info Son of Prideaux and Rose Anne Selby (nee Wise); husband of Eliza Kinsman Selby (nee Benjamin). Three times Mentioned in Despatches whilst serving with the North West Frontier and Tirah Expeditionery Force 1897-98. M.R.C.S. (England) L.R.C.P. (Lond.) F.R.C.S. (England) Hon. Surgeon to the Viceroy, Principal King George's Medical College Lucknow; Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Member of the Syndicate, Allahabad University.
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LUCKNOW CANTONMENT MILITARY CEMETERY
India
Number of casualties: 105
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