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Auction: 16001 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 57

East and West Africa 1887-1900, one clasp, Witu 1890 (J. Wild, P.O. 1 Cl., H.M.S. Brisk), very fine

101239 Petty Officer First Class John Wild, born Newington, Surrey, September 1861; joined the Royal Navy as Boy Second Class, July 1877; Ordinary Seaman, H.M.S. Dido, September 1879; promoted Able Seaman, December 1882; Leading Seaman, H.M.S. Neptune, February 1886; transferred to H.M.S. Brisk, March 1888; promoted Petty Officer First Class, July 1889; shore pensioned, December 1908.

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