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Name: SELL, William Charles (Capt.)
Birth Date: 17 Sep 1888 Royston, Cambs.
Death Date: 19 Feb 1969 Brayton, N. Yorkshire
First Date: 1925
Profession: c/o Brock & Co.
Area: Mombasa
Married: 1. In York 22 Dec 1909 Annie Stainforth (div. 1918) b. 1888 Dalton Holme, Yorks., d. 1960 Holderness; 2. In Selby 1928 Elsie E.lizabeth Stanley b. 25 July 1900, d. 1976 Selby
Children: George Royle (1910 Alne, Yorks.-1976 Northampton); John Arthur (1912 Brackenholme-1972); Maurice W. (1914 Beverley-1974); Ada Abigail (2 Nov 1917 Beverley-2008);Clarice May (1924 Beverley-1995); Lilian (1928 Beverley-1998); James (1930 Beverley-1987)
Book Reference: Red 25
War Service: King's Royal Rifle Corps
General Information:
A man named William Charles Sell was a Japanese prisoner of war in WW2 - also his child M. Sell
W.C. Sell, engineer, b. 13.3.1921 travelled to Mombasa in 1957 with wife P. b. 9.1.1920
1939 England and Wales Register living in Darlington with wife as farm foreman
Wife Elsie's death registration says she was born 25 July 1896, which disagrees with the 1900 date in the above Register