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<title><![CDATA[Capt. Mike Long MBE, MC]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders and Captain in No.9 Commando. Citation for the award of the Military Cross (Immediate):&quot; West of Garigliano River on the night of the 29th-30th December 1943. This officer was in command of one of the troops under Captain Cameron. He led his troop in the attack, and then swam across a strong current under mortar fire to a pile of the demolished bridge, taking a rope, after efforts to cross in a rubber board had failed. He organised a bridgehead on the far bank, which was still in enemy occupation, and held it until the whole force was safely over&quot;<i>[Commando Gallantry Awards of WW2 by George Brown]</i><br />
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Awarded the MBE in 1978 whilst District Officer for the Forestry Commission in Scotland <i>(London Gazette Issue 47723 published on the 29 December 1978. Page 15 of 32)</i><br />
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[Photo from the collection of Terrence Kealy, No4 Cdo, courtesy of his grandson David Kealy.]]]></description>
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 <description><![CDATA[Blackpool 1990 50th anniversary of the formation of the Commandos. Captain Mike Long MC identified. Citation for MC added. Details of MBE added.]]></description>
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