Service Details
Name:
 SELL
Given Name:
 CHARLES WILLIAM
Initials:
 C W
Service No:
 176
Rank:
 Company Serjeant Major
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Regiment:
 Northern Rhodesia Police
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Date of Death:
 1918-05-29
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Age:
 41
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds
Decorations:
 D C M, Mentioned in Despatches
Citations:
 LG Sup 26 May 1917 - "For conspicuous gallantry in performing dangerous reconnaissances on many occasions. On one occasion, with a small party of Scouts, he held up and inflicted many casualties on an enemy advanced guard, himself bringing a wounded man out of action." MID LG Sup 25 September 1917 pg. 9948
Additional
Information:
Son of John Henry and Charrlotte Sell, of Johannesburg.
Commemoration
Country:
 Malawi
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Cemetery:
 MANGOCHI TOWN CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 48.

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