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26 & 27 September 2018

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№ 470

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26 September 2018

Hammer Price:
£240

Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Minesweeping 1945-51 (Lieut. F. W. Wilby. R.N.V.R.) good very fine £200-300

Frederick William Wilby was commissioned Temporary Sub-Lieutenant in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve in August 1943. He commanded the minesweeper B.Y.M.S. 2161, November 1944 - May 1945, and advanced to Lieutenant in August 1945. Wilby was released from service, 4 July 1946, and subsequently served as a Temporary Lieutenant attached to the London Division of the Royal Naval Volunteer Supplementary Reserve.

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