Background
Cyril Rodney Harbord was born on 2 December 1873, to Charles Hedgron and Rosalie Harriet Harbord.
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Education
He was educated at Bedford School, graduated from the Royal Military College, Sandhurst as a Queen"s Cadet, and joined the Indian Army as a second-lieutenant on 3 September 1892.
Career
Harbord saw active service in the Second Boer War, the Somaliland Campaign and the First World War, and rose in rank to command the 15th (Imperial Service) and the 2nd Indian Cavalry Brigades. Harbord was promoted to lieutenant on 3 December 1894, to captain 26 November 1901, and to major 18 October 1910. He left Cape Town in April 1902, and arrived at Southampton the following month.
Following his return, he served with the 29th Lancers (Deccan Horse) and as a special service officer on the staff of the Somaliland Field Force in 1904.
This was followed by service in the First World War. On the Western Front and in the Sinai and Palestine Campaign.
On 16 April 1917 he was promoted to temperay brigadier-general and given commanded of the 15th (Imperial Service) Cavalry Brigade. Having reverted to his peace time rank after the war, in December 1926 he was a colonel and commander of the 2nd Indian Cavalry Brigade at Sialkot in India, when he was invested as a Companion of the Order of the Bath.
Harbord retired from the army in 1929 and died 28 September 1958.
Harbord was married to Kathleen Mary Cocks (née Fox), with whom he had four children. One son was killed in action during the Second World War.
Achievements
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He was commissioned in the Imperial Yeomanry and saw active service in the Second Boer War where he was mentioned in despatches, awarded Queen"s South Africa Medal with three clasps and the King"s South Africa Medal with two clasps. While in command of the brigade he was made a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order in April 1918, and invested as a Companion of the Order of Street Michael and Street George in May 1919. Foreign his service in the war he was awarded, by the Sultan of Egypt, the Order of the Nile third class in November 1919.
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September 28, 1958 (aged 84)
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Awards
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Distinguished Service Order; Companion of the Order of the Bath Distinguished Service Order; Order of St Michael and St George; Order of the Nile; awarded Queen
The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is a British order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George, Prince Regent, later King George IV, while he was acting as Prince Regent for his father, King George III.The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is a British order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George, Prince Regent, later King George IV, while he was acting as Prince Regent for his father, King George III.