Major-General William Wilby CB (c. 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.[1] 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.[1] He was present at the Battle of Aroghee and at the Battle of Magdala in April 1868 during the British Expedition to Abyssinia[1] and went on to be General Officer Commanding, Ceylon from 1879[2] to 1882.[3] He afterwards served as colonel of the King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) (1892–93).[1]
References
- ^ a b c d "General William Wilby CB". King's Own Royal Regiment Museum Lancaster. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
- ^ "British Commanders". Ceylondatabase.net. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
- ^ "No. 25069". The London Gazette. 7 February 1882. p. 488.
