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Auction: 9004 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 961

An Unusual Campaign Combination Group of Four to Chief Quartermaster W. Kilby, Royal Navy Baltic 1854-55, unnamed as issued; China 1857-60, two clasps, Canton 1857, Taku Forts 1858, unnamed as issued; Abyssinia 1867-68 (W. Kilby Captn. Coxn. H.M.S. Vigilant); Naval Long Service & G.C., V.R., wide suspension (Wm. Kilby Chf. Qr. Mr. H.M.S. Devastation 20Yrs), toned, generally good very fine or better (4) Estimate £ 700-900 William Kilby, born Chawlend, Bedfordshire, 1833; his service in the Royal Navy including in H.M.S.´´s Exmouth, 1854-56; Calcutta, 1856-59; Arrogant, 1859-62; as Captain´´s Coxswain in the Vigilant, 1862-68; as Chief Quartermaster in the Devastation, 1873-74 (awarded L.S. & G.C. 1.9.1874).

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