Long, Sidney Selden (1863–1940), army officer and transport entrepreneur, was born on 31 March 1863, the fifth son of James Long, commissary-general, and his wife, Anna, daughter of Andrew Kirkwood, of Clongoonah, Ireland. Educated privately, Long followed his father into a military career, eventually in what would now be termed logistics, entering via the ...
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Long, Sidney Selden (1863–1940), army officer and transport entrepreneur
Richard A. Storey
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Russell, George Neville [Charles] (1899–1971), army officer and director of nationalized road transport
P. W. J. Bartrip
Russell, George Neville [Charles] (1899–1971), army officer and director of nationalized road transport, was born at 57 Tufnell Park Road, Islington, London, on 19 October 1899, the eldest of the three illegitimate sons of Emily Mary Russell (1870–1959) and Sir Edward George Jenkinson (1835–1919)...
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George Neville Russell (1899–1971) by Elliott & Fry, 1948 © National Portrait Gallery, London
