Walter Long (lieutenant)

Lieutenant

Walter Hillyar Colquhoun Long
Lieutenant; Walter Hillyar Colquhoun Long
Born	20 October 1858; London, United Kingdom
Died	18 February 1892 (aged 33); London, United Kingdom
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Rank	Second Lieutenant
Unit	6th Dragoons; 94th Foot
Battles/wars	First Boer War Siege of Lydenburg;

Walter Hillyar Colquhoun Long (20 October 1858 – 18 February 1892) was a British Second Lieutenant who 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] He took his life at the Grosvenor Hotel, Buckingham Palace Road, Westminster,^[7] after being court-martialled and criticised for his conduct of the defence of Lydenburg.

References[edit]

^ "First Anglo-Boer War 1880-1881". Retrieved 15 December 2013. After 5 December 1880 less than a hundred soldiers under 24 year-old Lieutenant Walter Long were left in Lydenburg.
^ "THE LONDON GAZETTE, MARCH 26, 1880" (PDF). The London Gazette. 26 March 1880. Retrieved 31 December 2013. 94th Foot, Second Lieutenant Walter Hillyar-Colquhoun Long, from the 6th Dragoons, to be Second Lieutenant, vice H Cowper, promoted. Dated 27th March, 1880.
^ M. Gough Palmer. "The Besieged Towns of the First Boer War, 1880-1881". Retrieved 15 December 2013. ...and on receipt of instructions from Pretoria immediately set to work to strengthen the defences.
^ M. Gough Palmer. "The Besieged Towns of the First Boer War, 1880-1881". Retrieved 15 December 2013. Lieutenant Walter Long, a 24-year old junior officer of the 94th, was placed in command...
^ Charles Norris-Newman (1884). With the Boers in the Transvaal and the Orange free state in 1880-1. p. 248. Retrieved 17 December 2013. ...application was made to Lieutenant Long, commanding the detachment left in the fort, to join the town in a system of general defence.
^ "Inquests". The Times. 23 February 1892. p. 11.
^ "LONG Walter Hillyar Colquhoun of the Grosvenor Hotel, Buckingham Palace Road Middlesex" in Wills and Administrations 1892 (England and Wales) (1893), p. T 145

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[1] "First Anglo-Boer War 1880-1881". Retrieved 15 December 2013. After 5 December 1880 less than a hundred soldiers under 24 year-old Lieutenant Walter Long were left in Lydenburg.

[2] "THE LONDON GAZETTE, MARCH 26, 1880" (PDF). The London Gazette. 26 March 1880. Retrieved 31 December 2013. 94th Foot, Second Lieutenant Walter Hillyar-Colquhoun Long, from the 6th Dragoons, to be Second Lieutenant, vice H Cowper, promoted. Dated 27th March, 1880.

[3] M. Gough Palmer. "The Besieged Towns of the First Boer War, 1880-1881". Retrieved 15 December 2013. ...and on receipt of instructions from Pretoria immediately set to work to strengthen the defences.

[samilitaryhistory.org-4] M. Gough Palmer. "The Besieged Towns of the First Boer War, 1880-1881". Retrieved 15 December 2013. Lieutenant Walter Long, a 24-year old junior officer of the 94th, was placed in command...

[5] Charles Norris-Newman (1884). With the Boers in the Transvaal and the Orange free state in 1880-1. p. 248. Retrieved 17 December 2013. ...application was made to Lieutenant Long, commanding the detachment left in the fort, to join the town in a system of general defence.

[The_Times-6] "Inquests". The Times. 23 February 1892. p. 11.

[7] "LONG Walter Hillyar Colquhoun of the Grosvenor Hotel, Buckingham Palace Road Middlesex" in Wills and Administrations 1892 (England and Wales) (1893), p. T 145

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