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A post-War O.B.E., Second War M.C. group of eight awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel G. F. D....
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A post-War O.B.E., Second War M.C. group of eight awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel G. F. D. Long, Royal Army Pay Corps, late Royal Artillery
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E., (Military) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; Military Cross, G.VI.R. reverse officially dated 1945; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 8th Army; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Malaya, Arabian Peninsula, G.VI.R., unofficial retaining rod between clasps (Capt. G. F. D. Long. M.C. R.A.); General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Borneo (Major G. F. D. Long. M.C. RAPC.) mounted as worn, light contact marks, good very fine (8) £2,400-£2,800
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O.B.E. London Gazette 15 June 1974.
M.C. London Gazette 20 December 1945.
Guy Frederick Downer Long was born in Worplesdon, Surrey, on 30 October 1920 and attested for the Royal Artillery as a Gunner in 1938. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery on 16 December 1939, and was promoted Lieutenant on 16 June 1941. Awarded the Military Cross in 1945, he was promoted Captain on 1 July 1946, and Major on 16 December 1952. He transferred to the Royal Army Pay Corps on 2 September 1958, and was promoted Lieutenant-Colonel on 31 December 1968. Appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1974, he retired on 20 March 1977.
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The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E., (Military) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; Military Cross, G.VI.R. reverse officially dated 1945; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 8th Army; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Malaya, Arabian Peninsula, G.VI.R., unofficial retaining rod between clasps (Capt. G. F. D. Long. M.C. R.A.); General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Borneo (Major G. F. D. Long. M.C. RAPC.) mounted as worn, light contact marks, good very fine (8) £2,400-£2,800
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O.B.E. London Gazette 15 June 1974.
M.C. London Gazette 20 December 1945.
Guy Frederick Downer Long was born in Worplesdon, Surrey, on 30 October 1920 and attested for the Royal Artillery as a Gunner in 1938. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery on 16 December 1939, and was promoted Lieutenant on 16 June 1941. Awarded the Military Cross in 1945, he was promoted Captain on 1 July 1946, and Major on 16 December 1952. He transferred to the Royal Army Pay Corps on 2 September 1958, and was promoted Lieutenant-Colonel on 31 December 1968. Appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1974, he retired on 20 March 1977.
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A post-War O.B.E., Second War M.C. group of eight awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel G. F. D. Long, Royal Army Pay Corps, late Royal Artillery
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E., (Military) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; Military Cross, G.VI.R. reverse officially dated 1945; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 8th Army; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Malaya, Arabian Peninsula, G.VI.R., unofficial retaining rod between clasps (Capt. G. F. D. Long. M.C. R.A.); General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Borneo (Major G. F. D. Long. M.C. RAPC.) mounted as worn, light contact marks, good very fine (8) £2,400-£2,800
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O.B.E. London Gazette 15 June 1974.
M.C. London Gazette 20 December 1945.
Guy Frederick Downer Long was born in Worplesdon, Surrey, on 30 October 1920 and attested for the Royal Artillery as a Gunner in 1938. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery on 16 December 1939, and was promoted Lieutenant on 16 June 1941. Awarded the Military Cross in 1945, he was promoted Captain on 1 July 1946, and Major on 16 December 1952. He transferred to the Royal Army Pay Corps on 2 September 1958, and was promoted Lieutenant-Colonel on 31 December 1968. Appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1974, he retired on 20 March 1977.
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The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E., (Military) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; Military Cross, G.VI.R. reverse officially dated 1945; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 8th Army; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Malaya, Arabian Peninsula, G.VI.R., unofficial retaining rod between clasps (Capt. G. F. D. Long. M.C. R.A.); General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Borneo (Major G. F. D. Long. M.C. RAPC.) mounted as worn, light contact marks, good very fine (8) £2,400-£2,800
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O.B.E. London Gazette 15 June 1974.
M.C. London Gazette 20 December 1945.
Guy Frederick Downer Long was born in Worplesdon, Surrey, on 30 October 1920 and attested for the Royal Artillery as a Gunner in 1938. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery on 16 December 1939, and was promoted Lieutenant on 16 June 1941. Awarded the Military Cross in 1945, he was promoted Captain on 1 July 1946, and Major on 16 December 1952. He transferred to the Royal Army Pay Corps on 2 September 1958, and was promoted Lieutenant-Colonel on 31 December 1968. Appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1974, he retired on 20 March 1977.
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