About William Wilby
Lived 1820 – 1893 (aged 72–73). William Wilby was a military leader.
Major-General William Wilby CB ( 1820 – 15 December 1893) was the General Officer Commanding, Ceylon.
Military career Wilby was commissioned as an ensign in the British Army on 27 May 1836. He saw action in the Crimean War and commanded the right wing of his regiment at Gujarat and Sindh during the Indian Rebellion in 1857. to 1882. He afterwards served as colonel of the King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) (1892–93).
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British Army general
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William Wilby died on 15 December 1893 in London.
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William Wilby was a military leader.
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