| Volunteer Long Service Medal | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Queen Victoria version | |
| Type | Military long service medal |
| Awarded for | Twenty years service |
| Country |  United Kingdom |
| Presented by | the Monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and Empress of India |
| Eligibility | Other ranks and Officers who have served in the ranks of the Volunteer Force |
| Status | Discontinued in 1908 |
| Established | 1894 |
| First awarded | 1894 |
| Last awarded | 1908 |
| Total | 45,000 |
  Regular & Honourable Artillery Company ribbon bars | |
| Order of Wear | |
| Next (higher) | Volunteer Officers' Decoration |
| Next (lower) | Volunteer Officers' Decoration for India and the Colonies |
| Related | Volunteer Long Service Medal for India and the Colonies |
The Volunteer Long Service Medal was instituted in 1894 as an award for long service by other ranks and some officers of the United Kingdom's Volunteer Force. Award of the medal was discontinued when it was superseded by the Territorial Force Efficiency Medal in 1908.[1]
The grant of the medal was extended in 1896 by the institution of a separate new medal, the Volunteer Long Service Medal for India and the Colonies, that could be awarded to other ranks of all Volunteer Forces throughout the British Empire and India.[2]
- ^ Mayo, John Horsley (1897). Medals and Decorations of the British Army and Navy, Vol. II, 1897 (No. 224. Volunteer Long Service, 1894.). London: A. Constable. p. 495.
- ^ Mayo, John Horsley (1897). Medals and Decorations of the British Army and Navy, Vol. II, 1897 (No. 225. Volunteer Long Service Medal for Indian and Colonial Forces, 1896.). London: A. Constable. p. 499.