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John Grierson (Pilot)
Test pilot Hurricanes 1940 (citing Lord Beaverbrook in his introduction)

Criteria
The Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service Medal was awarded for twenty years long and meritorious service as a Warrant Officer, NCO or Man in one or more of the British Colonial Auxiliary Forces. Qualifying service could be had by serving in the colonial forces of more than one colony or protectorate, with service in the Militia and Volunteer Forces of the United Kingdom also eligible to be counted, so long as half of all qualifying service was rendered in the colonies or protectorates. Years of service in West Africa were counted as double. In 1923, the Royal Warrant was amended to count war time service in World War I as double, so long as the service, on the active list, was outside of the dominion, colonies, dependencies, and protectorates.

Appearance
The Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service Medal is a circular silver medal, 1.42 inches in diameter. The reverse has an ornamental shield bearing the legend FOR / LONG SERVICE / IN THE / COLONIAL AUXILIARY / FORCES in five lines. Above the shield is the Imperial Crown with a spray of oak leaves to the left and a spray of laurel on the right. The obverse has the Sovereign of the day as follows:

Queen Victoria: A diademed and veiled effigy, facing left. The medallist's initials (TB, Sir Thomas Brock KCB RA) are in the field below the bust;

King Edward VII: The king is seen in Field Marshal's uniform, facing left, and the legend: EDWARDVS VII REX IMPERATOR The medallist's initials (DES, George William de Saulles) appear in the field under the bust;

King George V: The king is seen in Field Marshal's uniform, facing left, and the legend: GEORGIVS V BRITT : OMN : REX ET IND : IMP : The medallist's initials (DM, being the Australian Sir Edgar Bertram Mackennal KCVO) appear under the shoulder of the bust.

The medal has a plain, straight suspender with a single-toe claw, with double scroll claw supports on the rim, attached to a straight, non-swivelling suspender. The ribbon is 1.25 inches wide.

In 1930, the award was replaced by the Efficiency Medal.

see the Veterans Affairs Canada website.