Long was born at Avenue Road, Lurgan on 9th May 1921 to William John Long, Post Office Clerk and Emma Jane Long nee England. They had married on 17th September 1918 at Knocknamuckley Church of Ireland, Portadown.
Following his education, Long joined the bank around 1938 based on a starting age of 17.
He volunteered and enlisted into the Royal Air Force (VR) with service number 1530449.
Long was serving as a navigator / bomber with 142 Squadron RAF when he was killed in action on 9th April 1943.
He is buried in Massicult War Cemetery, Tunisia - Coll. grave VI A 3-6.
Acknowledgements to CWGC
The NatWest Group Archives website has published this information:
Frederick Long was born on 9 May 1921, the son of William John and Emma Jane Long. In January 1940 he went to work for Ulster Bank at its head office in Belfast. A month later he moved to Dundalk branch, then back to head office in July 1941.
Just a few weeks later, on 27 August, Long left the bank to go on war service, joining the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Sergeant Long was killed when the bomber for which he was the navigator crashed in North Africa on 9 April 1943. He was 22 years old.
Frederick Long is commemorated on two memorials at Ulster Bank’s Belfast head office: its roll of honour for staff who served in the Second World War and its memorial for those who fell.
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