WALTER JOHN SELL
Born: 1862, Woodditton, Cambridgeshire.
Died: 18th June 1901; age: 39; Died of Disease at Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa.
Residence: 43, Marine Parade, Kirkley, Suffolk.
Occupation: Labourer.
Enlistment Date: 10th May 1898.
Rank: Trooper; Service Number: 2526.
Regiment: Prince of Wales’s Own, Norfolk Artillery Militia, Royal Garrison Artillery, South Africa Field Force.
Clasps Awarded: Cape Colony + South Africa 1901 medal.
CENSUS
1871 Queen Street, Cheveley, Cambridgeshire.
Walter was 8 years old and living with his parents & sisters.
Arthur Sell, 37, a Gardener, born Meldreth, Cambridgeshire.
Matilda Sell (nee Botwright), 32, born Wingfield, Suffolk.
Julia Sell, 7, born Woodditton.
Mary Matilda Sell, 6, born Woodditton.
Martha Sell, 5, born Newmarket,Suffolk.
1 visitor.
1881 5a, William Mews, Chelsea, Middlesex.
Walter was 19 years old, a Groom – Domestic Servant. He was a boarder at the home of 27 year old, Walter Foster, a Coachman – Domestic Servant.
Walter’s father, Arthur Sell died 1873, Newmarket, Cambridgeshire. His mother, Matilda Sell died 1897, at 43, Marine Parade, Lowestoft, Suffolk.
Soldiers’ Effects to Maria Sell – sister.
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