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HarboardCharlesLieutenant ColonelCharles Harbord was born on 14 June 1855, the eldest son of Charles, the 5th Baron Suffield. He was educated at Eton and entered the Scots Fusilier Guards as an Ensign on 30 April 1873 and was promoted Lieutenant in April 1875. He was ADC to the Governor-General of Canada (Lord Lorne), November 1878 to December 1880 and ADC to three successive Viceroys of India, Lord Dufferin, February 1882 to December 1884; Lord Ripon, December 1884 to March 1886 and Lord Landsdowne, December 1888 to January 1894. He was promoted Captain in 1887. Harbord was appointed Groom-in-Waiting in Ordinary to Queen Victoria in 1895 and promoted Major in 1896. Appointed second in command of the 2nd Scots Guards in December 1899, he then served in the Boer War, arriving with his regiment in May 1900. He took command of the 1st Scots Guards in July 1901 and was to bring them home at the war's end in September 1902. During the war he served in operations in the Orange River Colony, May to November 1900, including the actions at Biddulphsberg and Wittebergen; operations in Transvaal, February 1901 and operations in the Orange River Colony, July 1901 to May 1902. For his various services he was awarded the CB on 23 November 1900 and mentioned in despatches (London Gazette 10 September 1901). He was created a MVO on 9 November 1902 and retired from the Army on 10 April 1904. He succeeded his father as the 6th Baron Suffield in April 1914 and served as Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard, 1915-18. Baron Suffield died on 10 February 1924.
CB (Military) n/b, MVO 4th Class officially numbered 104, QSA (3) CC Tr Witt (Lt. Col. Hon., C.B., Scots Gds.), KSA (2) (Lt. Col. The Hon., C.B., Scots Gds.), 1897 Jubilee, 1903 Delhi Durbar, 1911 Coronation. DNW Apr 04 £2,300
Source: List of CB recipients. Various sources
Scots Guards
HarboardHugh Walter21246PrivateSource: QSA Medal Rolls53rd Company, 11th Btn, IY
HarboardM A1st Battalion
Source: QSA and KSA rolls
Imperial Light Horse
HarboardMaurice Asheton34Sergeant, later Captain1st Battalion
Source: Nominal roll in WO127
Imperial Light Horse
HarboneD2nd Battalion
Source: QSA and KSA medal rolls
Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
HarboneD / W3868Private2nd Battalion
Demise: Died of disease - enteric fever 14 Mar 1900
Place: Kimberley
Source: In Memoriam by S Watt
Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
HarborPercy John38Occupation: Carpenter. Next of kin: Wife. Address: Diep River.
Source: Attestation paper in WO126
Town Guard and District Mounted Troops
HarborW ACorporalCGHGSM (1) Basutoland
Source: Roll of the CGHGSM
Cape Mounted Riflemen
HarborW A HPrivateFrontier Wars. SAGS (1) 1877-8-9Cape Mounted Rifles
HarbordAlfred King197SergeantSource: OZ-Boer databaseNew South Wales, 2nd Contingent NSW Mounted Rifles
HarbordC2nd Battalion
Source: QSA and KSA medal rolls
Scots Guards
HarbordC20602PrivateSource: QSA Medal Rolls16th Company, 5th Btn, IY
HarbordC (Hon)Lieutenant ColonelMID LG: 10 September 1901, page: 5937. Source: Field Marshal Roberts. 4 September 1901. Re: General mentions
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Scots Guards
HarbordCyril RodneyCaptainSource: QSA Medal Rolls111th Company, 3rd Btn, IY
HarbordE RCaptainMID LG: 10 September 1901, page: 5961. Source: Field Marshal Roberts. 4 September 1901. Re: General mentions
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