Orders, Decorations and Medals

Five: Captain D. R. Longden, Royal Artillery

Defence and War Medals, unnamed; Korea 1950-53, 1st issue (Capt., R.A.); U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Cyprus (Capt., R.A.) slight contact marks, very fine and better (5) £280-320

Douglas Robert Longden was born in Springfield, Cupar, Fifeshire on 16 June 1927. During the war he served in the Home Guard Signalling Corps, the Cadet Force and as an A.R.P. Messenger. He served 86 days in the ranks before obtaining a Regular Army Emergency Commission as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Black Watch on 13 October 1946. Promoted War Substantive Lieutenant in October 1947 and appointed Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery with effect from June 1948. Served as Temporary Captain, August 1951-August 1952 and was promoted to that rank in June 1954. Captain Logden retired on Retired Pay on 5 December 1959. He died in St. Peter’s Hospital, Chertsey on 9 March 2001.

With copied death certificate, gazette extracts and service papers.