Pair: Lieutenant-Colonel C. W. Long, late 3rd West India Regiment

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Natal (Capt. C. W. Long, 3/W. India R.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (Lt. Col. C. W. Long), very fine and better, the first rare (2) £350-400

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Brian Kieran Collection.

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Clement Willmore Long, who was born in November 1870, was appointed a 2nd Lieutenant in the Gloucestershire Regiment in January 1890, and transferred to the 3rd West India Regiment as a Lieutenant in November 1892. Advanced to Captain in December 1897, he witnessed active service in South Africa, where he served in the operations in Natal, March to June 1900 (Medal & clasp), in addition to operations in West Africa in 1901, when he served in the expedition to Gamora (Medal & clasp). Long was advanced to Lieutenant-Colonel during the course of the Great War.