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Private Christopher Selvidge of Beverley died of wounds on 14 Oct 1916, his photograph was published in the Beverley Guardian 13 Jan 1917. He was stated to be “the nephew of Mr. Christopher Thompson and the brother of Mrs. James Thompson.”
Christopher's Medal Index Card shows he served in the East Yorkshire Regiment before being transferred to the 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, he was awarded the British War and Victory Medals. The list of ‘Soldiers’ Effects’ states he died in the 15th Corps Medical Dressing Station in France. The CWGC shows he was buried and is commemorated at Dartmoor Cemetery, Becordel-Becourt. He is commemorated on the Beverley Memorial in Hengate.
Christopher was born in Beverley in 1894 the son of Peter and Elizabeth Ann Selvidge. His father Peter was born in Scotland and from 1879 to 1889 was a regular soldier and then an Army Reserve until Jun 1895. In 1889 Peter married a widow, Elizabeth Ann Wilson (nee Thompson), and he died in 1898 when Christopher was only four years old. Christopher [Selvege] was baptised in Beverley Minster the 22 Mar 1894, and in 1901 aged 7 is living with his mother and three sisters, Eliza 13, Lina 10, and Martha 2. He attended Minster Boys’ School, Beverley, from Jul 1900.
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