New Zealand 1845-66, reverse dated 1864 to 1866 (Ensign & Lieut. Ar. Longley, 43rd Lt. Infy.) ‘o’ of surname officially corrected over ‘a’, good very fine £800-1000

Arthur Longley was born at Bishopton, Perthshire, on 17 February 1841; Ensign 43rd Light Infantry, 16 January 1863; Lieutenant, 30 April 1864; Captain, 30 November 1871; Ensign 83rd Regiment, 19 December 1862; Paymaster Hon. Captain, Army Pay Department, attached 85th Light Infantry, 9 August 1878; retired as a Lieutenant-Colonel 1899.

Served in New Zealand, 4 March 1864 to 8 March 1866: Maketu, Kariare, Kanium, Ngakuni Rum, Waitkookow, Peri, Peringauki, Taurunga; served in the expedition in the province of Taranaki destroying man Pas and fortified villages (Medal). Served in Afghanistan 1879-80, with the Kurrum Division in the Zainmusht expedition (Medal).

Sold with service details and copied photograph from a regimental album.