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A genealogy of the Selwyn family
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 1908 - 1988 (80 years)
Generation: 1
| 1. | Rev. Hugh Selwyn Fry, OBE was born on 14 Apr 1908 in Raunds, Northamptonshire; died on 29 Aug 1988 in Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England. Notes:
From http://www.dnw.co.uk/medals/auctionarchive/searchcataloguearchive/itemdetail.lasso?itemid=7869
M.I.D. London Gazette 3 October,1952, "for distinguished service in operations in Korean waters":- The Reverend Hugh Selwyn Fry, Chaplain, Royal Navy, H.M.S. Ceylon.
O.B.E. London Gazette 1 January, 1963.
Hugh Selwyn Fry was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, B.A. 1930, M.A. 1934; Chaplain, R.N.V.R., 1943-47; Chaplain, R.N., 1947-63. Chaplain of the cruiser Ceylon which, together with the Auxiliary Aircraft Carrier Unicorn, conveyed the first British troops (1 A&SH and 1 Middx. respectively) to land in Korea, at Pusan on 29 August, 1950. The Reverend Fry injured his leg in Korea. After retiring from the Royal Navy in 1963 he became Vicar of Stanford-in-the-Vale, Faringdon, Berkshire, and died in 1989.
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