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British War Medal 1914-20 (4) (Surg. Lt. J. Cameron. R.N.; Surg. Lt. A. N. Wilde. R.N.; Surg. Lt. M. J. Heney. R.N.V.R.; David Dryburgh) minor edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise very fine (4) £70-£90
Alfred Neville Wilde, the second son of Major-General Sir Alfred Wile K.C.B., C.S.I., was born on 1 April 1871 in Kirby Cane, Norfolk. He was commissioned into the Royal Navy for service during the Great War on 17 September 1915 and saw service in H.M.Y. Iolanda and later at the R.A.F. Seaplane base in Rosyth, Scotland. He died in Lusaka, Northern Rhodesia on 11 June 1932, aged 69.
Michael Joseph Heney was commissioned into the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve for service during the Great War on 8 July 1918 as a Surgeon Probationer and saw service in H.M.S. Ivy and H.M.S. Mallow.
David Dryburgh, a Merchant Mariner from Leith, Scotland, served with the Mercantile Marine during the Great War.
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