Volunteer Long Service Medal

Volunteer Long Service Medal
Queen Victoria version
TypeMilitary long service medal
Awarded forTwenty years service
Country United Kingdom
Presented bythe Monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and Empress of India
EligibilityOther ranks and Officers who have served in the ranks of the Volunteer Force
StatusDiscontinued in 1908
Established1894
First awarded1894
Last awarded1908
Total45,000
Regular & Honourable Artillery Company ribbon bars
Order of Wear
Next (higher)Volunteer Officers' Decoration
Next (lower)Volunteer Officers' Decoration for India and the Colonies
RelatedVolunteer 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 Award of the medal was discontinued when it was superseded by the Territorial Force Efficiency Medal in 1908.[1]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]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.