Ypres and Tyne Cot Cemetery in Belgium - Forest of Dean FHT Forum

My husband and I have just visited Ypres and Tyne Cot Cemetery in Belgium. It was included in a trip we did to Bruges and we wanted to go there as I wanted to get photos of the Menin Gate and memorial to a distant relation of my husband, Samuel Vaughan Selby.

Samuel was the grandson of Meshach Selby from Hewelsfield and Martha James, from Bream who emigrated to Australia on the Startled Fawn in 1855 with their two children, Paul and Mercy Mary, both born in Bream. After their arrival they had three more children, John, Samuel and Beatrice. Samuel Vaughan was the son of John and his wife, Elizabeth Vaughan. He was killed at Passchdendaele on 12 October 1917 and his body was never found, hence his name being on the Menin Gate.

It was very moving to visit Tyne Cot Cemetery on Passchendaele Ridge and to look out over the fields where Samuel was probably killed. There are still German gun emplacements in the cemetery.

Sheila Selby

Arthur Roland Selby, Samuel Vaughan Selby and Edith Louise Selby, grandchildren of Meshach Selby from Hewelsfield and Martha James from Bream. Taken in Australia. Not sure of the date but must be prior to 1914.

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At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.

Name: SELBY, SAMUEL VAUGHAN
Initials: S V
Nationality: Australian
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
Unit Text: 48th Bn.
Age: 30
Date of Death: 12/10/1917
Service No: 3224
Additional information: Son of Elizabeth Selby and the late John Selby. Native of Sydney.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 7 - 17 - 23 - 25 - 27 - 29 - 31.
Memorial: YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL

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1851
Meshach Selby abt 1822 Hewelsfield, Gloucestershire, England Head West Dean, Gloucestershire
Martha Selby abt 1829 West Dean, Gloucestershire, England Wife West Dean, Gloucestershire

Year: 1848
Month: May
Day: 27
Grooms_Surname: SELBY
Grooms_Forenames: Meshach
Grooms_Age: 26
Groom_Condition: Bachelor
Grooms_Occupation: Mason
Grooms_Residence: Oakwood Hill
Grooms_Fathers_Surname: SELBY
Grooms_Fathers_Forenames: John
Grooms_Fathers_Occupation: Labourer
Brides_Surname: JAMES
Brides_Forenames: Martha
Brides_Age: 19
Brides_Condition: Spinster
Brides_Occupation:
Brides_Residence: Oakwood Hill
Brides_Fathers_Surname: JAMES
Brides_Fathers_Forenames: John
Brides_Fathers_Occupation: Labourer
Licence_or_Banns: Banns
Date_of_Banns:
Signature_or_Mark: both sign
Witness_1: John Morse
Witness_2: Thomas Baylis
Other_Witnesses:
Officiating_Minister: Henry Poole
Event: Marriage
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P145 IN 1/20
Page_Number: 53
Parish_Chapel: Parkend

1841 Brockweir Common area
Jane Lebey abt 1796 Gloucestershire, England Hewelsfield, Gloucestershire
Mespack Lebey abt 1826 Gloucestershire, England Hewelsfield, Gloucestershire
Abedneygo Lebey abt 1828 Gloucestershire, England Hewelsfield, Gloucestershire
John Lebey abt 1831 Gloucestershire, England Hewelsfield, Gloucestershire
Jane Lebey abt 1835 Gloucestershire, England Hewelsfield, Gloucestershire

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