Worcestershire Regiment

Surname	Long
Forename	John
Rank	Private
Army No	22694
Battalion	4th
Commissioned	Not set
Date Of Wounds	Not set
Wounds
Died Killed	1916-01-01
Death Details	Gallipoli
Enlisted Date	Not set
Enlisted Location
Date Of Birth	Not set
Birth Place
Residence
Discharged	Not set
Theatre Of War
Date Of Entry	Not set
Z Class
Surname Spellings
Other Info	John Long was the third son of Patrick and Esther Long of Cheapside, Hyde, where he was resident at the outbreak of hostilities. Enlisting in the 4th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment in the following year, he first entered the Balkans theatre of war that September, and was killed in action in Gallipoli on 1 January 1916 - at the time of the evacuation, his Battalion was subjected to heavy shelling in the Krithia Vineyard sector. He was 37 years of age at the time of his death, he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Memorial at Redoubt Cemetery, Helles; his obituary and photograph was published in the Hyde Herald on 5 and 12 February 1916.

4th Worcestershire Regiment 22694 Private

The British War Medal

The 1914-1915 Star

The Allied Victory Medal

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Long Private 22694