| 词条 | Walter Long (lieutenant) |
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|honorific_prefix= Lieutenant |name= Walter Hillyar Colquhoun Long |birth_date= {{birth date|1858|10|20|df=yes}} |birth_place= London, United Kingdom |death_date= {{Death date and age|1892|02|18|1858|10|20|df=yes}} |image= |caption= |rank= Second Lieutenant |serviceyears= |allegiance= {{UK}} |branch= British Army |death_place= London, United Kingdom |awards= |unit= 6th Dragoons 94th Foot |battles= First Boer War
}}Walter Hillyar Colquhoun Long (20 October 1858 – 18 February 1892) was a British Second Lieutenant that fought in the First Boer War.[1] He was originally a second lieutenant in the 6th Dragoons, but was then transferred to the 94th Regiment of Foot on 27 March 1880.[2] As part of the 94th Regiment, he played a crucial part in the defence of Lydenburg during a three month siege in 1881.[3][4][5] He was the son of the British politician Walter Long.[6] References1. ^{{cite web|title=First Anglo-Boer War 1880-1881|url=http://www.sahistory.org.za/south-africa-1806-1899/first-anglo-boer-war-1880-1881|accessdate=15 December 2013|quote=After 5 December 1880 less than a hundred soldiers under 24 year-old Lieutenant Walter Long were left in Lydenburg.}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Long, Walter}}{{UK-mil-bio-stub}}2. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/24827/pages/2248/page.pdf|accessdate=31 December 2013|newspaper=The London Gazette|date=26 March 1880|quote=94th Foot, Second Lieutenant Walter Hillyar-Colquhoun Long, from the 6th Dragoons, to be Second Lieutenant, vice H Cowper, promoted. Dated 27th March, 1880.|title=THE LONDON GAZETTE, MARCH 26, 1880}} 3. ^{{cite web|title=The Besieged Towns of the First Boer War, 1880-1881|url=http://samilitaryhistory.org/vol052mg.html|accessdate=15 December 2013|author=M. Gough Palmer|quote=...and on receipt of instructions from Pretoria immediately set to work to strengthen the defences.}} 4. ^{{cite web|title=The Besieged Towns of the First Boer War, 1880-1881|url=http://samilitaryhistory.org/vol052mg.html|accessdate=15 December 2013|author=M. Gough Palmer|quote=Lieutenant Walter Long, a 24-year old junior officer of the 94th, was placed in command...}} 5. ^{{cite book|title=With the Boers in the Transvaal and the Orange free state in 1880-1|page=248|url=https://archive.org/details/withboersintrans00norr|author=Charles Norris-Newman|accessdate=17 December 2013|quote=...application was made to Lieutenant Long, commanding the detachment left in the fort, to join the town in a system of general defence.}} 6. ^{{cite news | title = Inquests | pages = 11 | newspaper = The Times | date = 23 February 1892 }} 4 : British military personnel of the First Boer War|1858 births|1892 deaths|Dolforgan Estate |
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