Walter Hillyar Colquhoun Long (20 October 1858 – 18 February 1892) was a British

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who fought in the First Boer War. He was originally a second lieutenant in the 6th Dragoons, but was then transferred to the 94th Regiment of Foot on 27 March 1880. As part of the 94th Regiment, he played a crucial part in the defence of Lydenburg during a three month siege in 1881. He was the son of the British politician Walter Long. He took his life at the Grosvenor Hotel, Buckingham Palace Road,

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,"LONG Walter Hillyar Colquhoun of the Grosvenor Hotel, Buckingham Palace Road Middlesex" in ''Wills and Administrations 1892 (England and Wales)'' (1893), p. T 145 after being court-martialled and criticised for his conduct of the defence of Lydenburg.

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