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| Keywords: first world war firstworldwar bond of sacrifice bondofsacrifice iwm war imperial war museums imperialwarmuseums photographic prints photographicprints black-and-white prints blackandwhiteprints war photography warphotography world war worldwar 1914-1918 19141918 ww1 wwi world war one worldwarone great war greatwar the great war thegreatwar world war 1 worldwar1 centenary military armed services armedservices soldier officer british army britisharmy western front westernfront long royal flying corps royalflyingcorps aldershot hampshire durham light infantry durhamlightinfantry 24 squadron 24squadron rfc ace military cross militarycross mc distinguished service order distinguishedserviceorder dso into the blue intotheblue memoir navigational wireless navigationalwireless pilot people blackandwhite monochrome portrait indoor black and white 24 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps Captain Long was born in Aldershot, Hampshire in 1895 and is believed to have been the son of Major General Sidney Selden Long. Captain Long joined the Army and was commissioned into the Durham Light Infantry before transferring to the Royal Flying Corps. During the First World War he served as a fighter pilot with No 24 Squadron on the Western Front, shooting down nine German aircraft between 1915 and March 1917. Captain Long was awarded the Military Cross for conspicuous gallantry in September 1915, and the DSO in 1917. After the First World War, he published a memoir, Into the Blue (1920) and a study, Navigational Wireless (1927). Faces of the First World War The full story is not always known to us. If you know more, please tell us in the comments below. Find out more about this First World War Centenary project at www.1914.org/faces. 24 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps Captain Long was born in Aldershot, Hampshire in 1895 and is believed to have been the son of Major General Sidney Selden Long. Captain Long joined the Army and was commissioned into the Durham Light Infantry before transferring to the Royal Flying Corps. During the First World War he served as a fighter pilot with No 24 Squadron on the Western Front, shooting down nine German aircraft between 1915 and March 1917. Captain Long was awarded the Military Cross for conspicuous gallantry in September 1915, and the DSO in 1917. After the First World War, he published a memoir, Into the Blue (1920) and a study, Navigational Wireless (1927). Faces of the First World War The full story is not always known to us. If you know more, please tell us in the comments below. Find out more about this First World War Centenary project at www.1914.org/faces. | ||||
