Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (W. W. Holby, P.O. 1st. Cl. H.M.S. Victory) impressed naming, in original named card box of issue, extremely fine £140-£180

Wilson William Holby was born in Deptford, Kent, on 8 April 1854, and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class on 19 April 1869. Posted to Trafalgar, Aurora and Royal Adelaide, he was advanced Petty Officer 1st Class on 26 November 1880, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in March 1882. Returned to Portsmouth in 1891, Holby was shore pensioned on 7 April 1892.

Sold with copied service record.