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The Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, initially designated the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Long Service Medal, was instituted in 1908. It could be awarded to part-time ratings in the United Kingdom's Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve after twelve years of service and good conduct. The medal was a Naval version of the Volunteer Long Service Medal and its successor, the Territorial Force Efficiency Medal.〔(North East Medals – Long Service Medals to the Naval Reserve 1909–1957 ) (Accessed 25 July 2015)〕〔(''The London Gazette'': no. 35141. p. 2288. 24 April 1941 ) (Accessed on 31 July 2015)〕 The medal could also be awarded to part-time ratings in the Naval Volunteer Reserves of Dominion and Colonial Auxiliary Forces throughout the British Empire.〔(New Zealand Defence Force – New Zealand Long Service and Good Conduct Medals – The Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve Long Service and Good Conduct Medal ) (Accessed 29 July 2015)〕 Award of the medal was discontinued in the United Kingdom in 1966 when the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, composed of civilian volunteers, was merged with the Royal Naval Reserve, composed of Merchant Navy seamen. It was superseded by its identical sister medal, the Royal Naval Reserve Long Service and Good Conduct Medal.〔 The New Zealand version, the Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, is still being awarded.〔〔(Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet – Other Distinctive New Zealand Honours ) (Accessed 25 July 2015)〕 ==Origins== The Volunteer Long Service Medal was instituted in 1894 as an award for long service by other ranks of the United Kingdom's Volunteer Force. In 1896 the grant of the medal was extended by Royal Warrant to other ranks of the Volunteer Forces throughout the British Empire and a separate new medal was instituted, the Volunteer Long Service Medal for India and the Colonies. In 1899 the Volunteer Long Service Medal for India and the Colonies was superseded by the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service Medal, for award to part-time members of all ranks in recognition of long service in any of the organized military forces of the Dominion of Canada and the British Colonies, Dependencies and Protectorates. In 1908 the Volunteer Long Service Medal was superseded in the United Kingdom by the Territorial Force Efficiency Medal. In the same year a pair of distinctive Naval medals were instituted, specifically to reward long and meritorious service by part-time ratings of the Royal Naval Reserve, composed of Merchant Navy seamen, and the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, composed of civilian volunteers.〔〔(The Military Archive – Volunteer Long Service Medal ) (Accessed 30 June 2015)〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Long Service and Good Conduct Medal」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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