'A Little Help Towards The Kingdom - The Life and work of Rev Frank B Wilby: Minister and Missionary' [by Peter Wilby]

Typescript account of Frank Wilby's life by his son, Peter Wilby, including family background, health problems, family events, missionary work in British Honduras [Belize], Trinidad, St Vincent, Grenada, Barbados, Nevis and St Maarten. His work in home districts (notably Cornwall, Yorkshire and Devo...

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Order number: MMS/Special Series/Notes and Transcripts 2/Box 1404
Date(s) of creation: 2005
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Order number: MMS/Special Series/Notes and Transcripts 2/Box 1404
Summary: Typescript account of Frank Wilby's life by his son, Peter Wilby, including family background, health problems, family events, missionary work in British Honduras [Belize], Trinidad, St Vincent, Grenada, Barbados, Nevis and St Maarten. His work in home districts (notably Cornwall, Yorkshire and Devon) is also documentated. Mention of impact of Second World War on Home and Overseas work.
Extent: 11 pages
Admin history: Rev Frank Bancroft Wilby (1903-1976) served the (Wesleyan) Methodist Missionary Society as a missionary in their West Indies District as follows: Honduras (1926-1927), Trinidad (1929) St Vincent (1930-1934), Grenada (1934-1938), Barbados (1938-1940), Nevis (1942-1943) and St Marteen (1958-1962).
Acquisition: Gift, accepted on behalf of the Methodist Church, from the author, October 2005
Access status: Open
Copyright: Copyright held by author
User restrictions: For permission to publish, please contact Archives & Special Collections, SOAS Library in the first instance
Language: English
Scripts: Latin
Format: Archive