View source for Newport Edward Selwyn 2/Lt 96393

{{Personnel
|Surname and forenames=Newport Edward Selwyn
|Army number=96393
|Rank=2/Lt
|Decorations=Territorial Efficiency Decoration 21/4/1950
|Date of birth=13/8/1921
|Age=0
|Unit=Royal Northumberland Fusiliers - served in the ranks of 5th Battalion, Embodied 24/8/1939, Durham Light Infantry - Commissioned 2/Lt 8th Bn 1/9/1939, Posted 11th Bn 1/9/39, Posted 23rd Division Details, Motor Transport Training Course May 1940, "Detached" as at 25/9/1940, Rejoined 11th Bn in Launceston June 1940, Iceland, Trf Border Regiment 16/6/1942, Posted 1st Bn, Trf King's Own Scottish Borderers 1/10/1959, Trf King's Regiment 7/4/1964, Retired as Colonel 3/4/1974.
|Company/Battery=11th Bn - HQ Company, Border Regiment S Company
|Platoon or other sub-unit=Anti-Tank Platoon Commander of S Coy, 1st Border Regiment - glider-borne.  
|Joined Brigade=01-Sep-39
|Promotions=W/S Lt 2/3/1941, A/Captain 3/1/1946, Regular Army Lt 13/2/1944, T/Captain 3/4/1946, W/S Captain and T/Major 7/2/1947, Captain 13/8/1948, Major 13/8/1955,  Lt Colonel 7/4/1964, Colonel 30/6/1969.
|Wounded=September 1944
|Prisoner of War=Oflag 79 Braunschweig  Number 630.
|Home address=Educated at Durham Cathedral Chorister School, Beaconsfield School, Low Fell.  Fought in Sicily 1943 and at Arnhem Sept 1944 - wounded and captured.
|Source table=11DLI
}}

McGregor Card Index incorrectly shows his Officer number as 96303.