Regiment: Army Service Corps.
Died: 25 January 1915 aged 25 in United Kingdom. Died of pneumonia in England.
Cemetery: Brompton Cemetery 8.7. 172845
Son of A. H. Selwyn, 4 Long Lane, E.C. b. 1890.
Upper IV—Matriculation Class.
Engineer; 2nd Lieutenant R.E. Special Reserve 1913.
Great War, mobilised 1914 (overseas); Despatch Rider; transferred A.S.C.
'He went to France on August 10th as a Second Lieutenant R.E, Special Reserve, and was put in charge of a body of 48 Motor Cyclist Despatch Riders, After the battle of the Marne, "he and his Despatch Riders were sent for by General Smith-Dorrien and complimented by him on their efficiency in rendering valuable services there as well as in the Retreat from Mons," He was invalided home with a fractured shoulder on Nov, 19th, and while acting as Training Officer at the A.S.C. Mechanical Transport Depot at Grove Park contracted a chill, which developed into pneumonia and caused his death on Jan, 25th.' (Malvernian, March 1915).