Robert Edward – Sellars – North Eastern Railway – Private – 05/11/1917
Title
Robert Edward – Sellars – North Eastern Railway – Private – 05/11/1917
Initials / forenames
Robert Edward
Surname
Sellars
Railway company
North Eastern Railway
Military unit
West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own), 9th Battalion
Military rank
Private
Military number
37422
Railway department
Goods Department, York
Railway job
Goods Porter
Date died
05/11/1917
Magazine reference
North Eastern Railway Magazine April 1918, pg 69.
Memorial
St Patrick's Cemetery, Loos
Notes
Aged 21, son of Robert and Hannah Sellars of 47 Swann Street, Nunnery Lane, York. Born in Pickering. Sellars worked for the North Eastern Railway between June 1915 to March 1916, when he enlisted.
Information source
St Paul's Cathedral Order of Service 1919, North Eastern Railway Magazine, Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Date entered
25/01/2016
Last updated
25/01/2016
Citation
“Robert Edward – Sellars – North Eastern Railway – Private – 05/11/1917,” Fallen Railwaymen, accessed May 11, 2024, https://fallenrailwaymen.omeka.net/items/show/46352.