Harold Lothrop Borden

Harold Lothrop Borden
Harold Lothorp Borden
Born	23 May 1876 Canning, Nova Scotia
Died	16 July 1900(1900-07-16) (aged 24) Witpoort, South Africa
Buried	Braamfontein Cemetery, Brakpan, East Rand, South Africa
Allegiance	Canada
Service/branch	Canadian Militia
Years of service	1893 - 1900
Rank	Major (The King's Canadian Hussars) Lieutenant (The Royal Canadian Dragoons)
Unit	The King's Canadian Hussars The Royal Canadian Dragoons
Battles/wars	Second Boer War Battle of Cortzee Drift Battle of Faber's Put Battle of Witpoort

Lieutenant Harold Lothrop Borden (23 May 1876 – 16 July 1900) was from Canning, Nova Scotia and the only son of Canada's Minister of Defence and Militia, Frederick William Borden and related to future Prime Minister Robert Laird Borden. Serving in the Royal Canadian Dragoons, he became the most famous Canadian casualty of the Second Boer War.^[1] Queen Victoria asked F. W. Borden for a photograph of his son, Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier praised his services, tributes arrived from across Canada, and in his home town a monument (by Hamilton MacCarthy) was erected to his memory.^[1]