BORN HULL 27/06/1898. SON OF GEORGE E & TAMAR SELBY, OF 2 CORCEL GROVE, GRANGE STREET, HULL, (1901 CENSUS) & 48 CAROLINE PLACE, CHARLES STREET, HULL (NAVAL ADDRESS). DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 6.5 INCHES TALL, 127 LBS WEIGHT, 33 INCH CHEST SIZE.
HE ENLISTED IN THE 3/1ST HUNTS CYCLIST BATTALION, ON 02/11/1915. DISCHARGED AT HOME TO RE-ENLIST OVERSEAS. HE JOINED THE ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE ON 16/06/1917. TRANSFERRED TO THE NELSON BATTALION, ROYAL NAVAL DIVISION. KILLED IN FRANCE, ON 30/12/1917, AGED 18.
HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, SOMME, FRANCE.
First name:
THOMAS JAMES
Military Number:
3223
Rank:
Able Seaman
Date Died
30/12/1917
Place died:
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
Age:
18
