Harold Lothrop Borden

Military Person

1876 – 1900

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Who was Harold Lothrop Borden?

Lieutenant Harold Lothrop Borden, was from Canning, Nova Scotia and the only son of Canada's Minister of Militia and Defence, Frederick William Borden. Serving in the Royal Canadian Dragoons, he became the most famous Canadian casualty of the Second Boer War. 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 was erected to his memory.

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Born
May 23, 1876
Canning
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Died
Jul 16, 1900
Witpoort

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on July 23, 2013

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