Background
LONGE, Francis Bacon was born on October 31, 1856.
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Francis Bacon LONGE
Francis Bacon LONGE, British Governor-General. Kabul-Kandahar inarch, 1880 (despatches twice, received thanks of Governor-General, medal, 3 clasps, and bronze star); Wuntho Expedition (Upper Burma), 1891 (medal and clasp).
Education
Cheltenham Col lege; Royal Military Academv, Woolwich. 1235 Lieutenant Royal Engineers, 1870. Transferred to Indian Establishment, and jiosted to the Bengal Sappers and Miners, 1878.
Career
Appointed to Survey of India, 1880. Substantive Colonel in army, 1905. Served with Kurram, Kabul, and Kandahar Field Forces, 1879-1881.
Kabul-Kandahar inarch, 1880 (despatches twice, received thanks of Governor-General, medal, 3 clasps, and bronze star). With Suakim Expeditionary Force, 1886 (medal and clasp, Egyptian Star). Wuntho Expedition (Upper Burma), 1891 (medal and clasp).
Served as Survey Officer with the Chin-Manipur and Burma-China Boundary Commissions, 1894 and 1897-1898, respectively, and as a Member of the Indian Survey Committee of 1904-1905. R.E.; Surveyor - General of India since 1904; e. son of Robert Bacon Longe of Spixworth Park, Norwich.
Membership
Club: Junior United Service.
Connections
Spouse 1905, May,daughter of Surgeon - General John Meane.
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Nationality
British
Official Titles
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Companion of the Bath 1910. Colonel.
Awards
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Kabul-Kandahar inarch, 1880 (despatches twice, received thanks of Governor-General, medal, 3 clasps, and bronze star). Wuntho Expedition (Upper Burma), 1891 (medal and clasp).Kabul-Kandahar inarch, 1880 (despatches twice, received thanks of Governor-General, medal, 3 clasps, and bronze star). Wuntho Expedition (Upper Burma), 1891 (medal and clasp).