Personal Profile

Bdr. Seline, Nathan Jacob

Bombadier

Date of Birth: 18/6/1891, Swansea (CENS)
Occupation: Insurance Agent
Enlisted - Date: PW
Other service: 7th Dragoon Gds, 2/Lt Monmouthshire Regt & Lt, RAF
Commission: 16/8/1915, 2/Lt, 1st Monmouthshire Regt
Awards: 14/15. BWM. VIC. (Monmouthshires)
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Personal Details

WORKING NOTES

Born 18/6/1891, Swansea. Parents - David Moses & Ray

1901 - 5 Oaklands Terrace, Swansea. 9yo. W parents (Dad-Solicitor) & 4 younger sibs

1911 -

1914 - cApr - Went to Buenos Aires to work on the 'Herald'. Oct - Returned home to join army

1921 -

1935 - Married Dorothy Gertrude Marshall, Q2, Paddington, London

1939 - Flat 7 Woodstock Grange, Grange Rd, Ealing, Middx. DOB 18/6/1891. Occ-Traveller (Retired). W wife Dorothy G

1963 - Died aged 8 Aug 1963 at the General Hospital, Brighton. Add-65 Lyndhurst St, Hove. Effects to widow, Dorothy Gertrude

Address:
Swansea

Military Service

No Brigade SR

Based on NEWS, pre-war Bombadier, left to go to Argentina

Wartime SR at NA - WO374/61276

Returned home to join Army. - Trooper, 7th Dragoon Gds (British Jewry Book of Honour)

1915 - Commissioned 1st Monmouthshires, 16 Aug 1915 (LG-20/8/15)

France, 20 Oct 15, 2/Lt, Monmouthshire Regt

1916 - Oct - Severely wounded Jul.

19 Oct 17 - Transferred RAF

1 Apr 1918 Joined RAF

Explanation Of Abbreviations

Awards

  • 14/15 – 1914/15 Star
  • BWM – British War Medal
  • VIC – Victory Medal
  • SWB – Silver War Badge
  • TFEM – Territorial Force (1908-1921)
  • TEM – Territorial Efficiency Medal (1921-1930)
  • TFWM – Territorial Force War Medal

Gallantry

  • MID – Mention In Dispatches
  • LG – London Gazette
  • MM – Military Medal
  • DCM – Distinguished Conduct Medal

Sources

  • ROLL – Medal Roll for British War Medal and Victory Medal (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • MIC – Medal Index Cards (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • SR – Service Record (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • SR-F – Service Record (FindMyPast.co.uk)
  • SR-NA – Service Record (National Archives) – officers
  • COMM – Commission letters (National Library of Wales)
  • SWB – Silver War Badge Records (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • PENS – Pension Records (Western Front Association/Fold3)
  • CWGC – Commonwealth War Grave Commission
  • RAA – Royal Artillery Attestations 1883 -1942 (FindMyPast.co.uk)
  • NEWS – Newspapers
  • CENS – Census Records (Ancestry.co.uk & FindMyPast.co.uk)
  • BFB – Briton Ferry Boys at the Front Fund Committee Records (swansea.gov.uk)
  • FAM – Family Records
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