Anglo Boer War

Surname

Forename

Rank

Notes

Unit

Selanders

3313

Trooper

Discharged 03 Jan 01 completion of service
Source: Nominal roll in WO127

South African Light Horse

Selani

D Squadron
Source: QSA and KSA medal rolls

Cape Colonial Forces

Selater

Arthur Lutley

25487

Trooper

Source: Nominal roll in WO127

Commander-in-Chief's Bodyguard

Selbey

Private

QSA (0). Ref: Ply3.000.
Source: QSA medal rolls

HMS Pearl

Selbie

Daniel Wedderill

Source: QSA and KSA medal rolls

New Zealand, 9th Contingent

Selbie

8171

Sapper

2nd Service Section. Issued 9 Feb 1903. Discharged 16 Jun 1902.

QSA (5) CC OFS Tr SA01 SA02

TNA ref 162/3; 162/6

Royal Engineers, Volunteers, Aberdeenshire

Selborne

The Earl

Late High Commissioner for South Africa
458 of 580 awards

Unknown

Selborne, Earl of

Only son of the distinguished jurist and statesman who was thrice Lord Chancellor, formerly known as Sir Roundell Palmer, and afterwards the first Earl of Selborne. William Waldegrave Palmer, the present Lord Selbornc, was born Oct 17, 1859, and was educated at Winchester and University College, Oxford, where he graduated a first-class in Modern History in 1882. He began his public career as Private Secretary, to his father when Lord Chancellor, and then served in the same capacity to Mr Childers at the War Office, and subsequently at the Exchequer in Mr Gladstone's second Ministry. In 1885 he entered the House of Commons as Liberal Member for the Petersfield Division of Hampshire, but when Mr Gladstone brought forward his Home Rule scheme Lord Wolmer (as the present Earl Selborne then was) joined the Liberal Unionists, and became the first Whip of the newly formed party. He entered Parliament in 1885, holding his seat until he succeeded his father (1895) in the Upper House, and rendering yeoman service, not only to the Union, but also to the cause of the Established Church when these were threatened by Mr Gladstone's Government It was during the course of the same Parliament (1892-5) that he backed Mr George Curzon's Peers' Disabilities Removal Bill, which was to offer to all peers' eldest sons sitting in the House of Commons the right to elect whether they would go to another place or remain where they were. Indeed, so determined were the supporters of this measure to cling to the Commons that they are popularly supposed to have sworn a secret oath that the first heir apparent implicated who would be summoned to the House of Lords was to be offered up as a test case. The victim proved to be Lord Selborne, and nothing but the Report of a Select Committee would induce him to enter the Upper Chamber. In 1895 Lord Selborne was appointed Und Sec. for the Colonics under England's great Colonial Sec, Mr Chamberlain, and retained that office until 1900—a period the most momentous in the history of South Africa, covering the Jameson raid, the Transvaal reform negotiations, and the first year of the Boer War . It was a period of hard work and of great responsibility, but Lord Selborne was more than equal to it, and he seconded Mr Chamberlain's strenuous efforts to awaken true interest for the Colonics in the Motherland with conspicuous success, both in the country and in Parliament. In 1900 Lord Selborne became First Lord of the Admiralty, in which position he has quickened promotion in the senior service, organised naval education, and most recently increased the power of the Fleet by its redistribution, and its efficiency by weeding out the obsolete ships of war. In March, 1905, Lord Selborne succeeded Lord Milner as High Commissioner for South Africa and Governor of the Transvaal and Orange River Colonies, and in the same month he was appointed an ordinary member of the First Class of the Knights Grand Cross of St Michael and St George. That a statesman who has occupied such high office in the Home Government, and who has given so many proofs of administrative ability, impartiality, and moderation should have succeeded to this arduous post, has given the deepest satisfaction to loyal South Africa and to all those who have Imperial interests heart. From the moment of his arrival in Africa Lord Sclborne has shown a laudable desire not only to study the problems of the country with the greatest care, but also to get in close touch with the people of every shade of opinion. In his younger days Lord Selborne was keen on cricket and football. He is a good shot, enthusiastic angler, and fond of the hunt. In 1883 he married Lady Beatrix Maud Cecil, eldest daughter of the Marquis of Salisbury.

Unknown

Selby

2nd Battalion
Source: QSA and KSA medal rolls

(Prince of Wales's Own) West Yorkshire Regiment

Selby

Source: QSA and KSA rolls

DEOVR

Selby

Source: WO100/284

New England Mounted Rifles

Selby

5817