Selman, Leonard –

Youngest son of Mr. James Selman, late manager for Messrs. W. H. Smith and Son’s, Trinity Street Stration, of 378, Manchester Road, Bolton, Lancashire. An old boy of Bolton Municipal Secondary School. Formerly Corporal 15654, King’s Shropshire Light Infantry. Wounded with fractured left arm and treated at No.11 General Hospital France July 1916.

Personal details

  • Surname: Selman
  • Forename: Leonard
  • Date of birth: Not known
  • Birth place: Great Lever, Lancashire
  • Place of residence: Bolton, Lancashire
  • Gender: Male
  • Age of death: Not known
  • Place of death: Not known
  • Date of death: Not known
  • Casualty type: Not known

Service details

  • Rank: Private
  • Unit: Not known
  • Service number: S/393098
  • Regiment: Royal Army Service Corps
  • Enlistment date: November 12th, 1914 - 1914-11-12
  • Enlistment location: Bolton, Lancashire
  • Conflict: WW1

Decorations

  • Service medals: St / V / BW
  • Silver War badge: Not known
  • Awards: Not known

Memorials

  • CWGC Memorial: Not known
  • CWGC reference: Not known

Local newspaper entries

  • Bolton Journal and Guardian entries: 24/12/1914 28/07/1916
  • Bolton Journal and Guardian references: 7d 5f

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