Charles Luard

Major-General Charles Camac Luard, CB, CMG (14 September 1867 – 28 June 1947) was Commander of British Troops in South China.

Charles Luard
Born14 September 1867
Herstmonceux, Sussex
Died28 June 1947 (aged 79)
Yateley, Hampshire
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
RankMajor-General
Commands heldCommander of British Troops in South China
Battles/warsSecond Boer War
World War I
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George

Military career

Fourth in a line of British army officers, and born the son of Richard Luard[1] and educated at Clifton College,[2] Luard was commissioned as a lieutenant[3] in the Durham Light Infantry on 2 September 1885.[4] He served as an Assistant Superintendent of Army Signalling in the Zhob Field Force in 1890, and was promoted captain on 13 February 1895.[5]

In late December 1901 he was placed in command of the Burma Mounted Infantry serving in the Second Boer War in South Africa, with the local rank of major whilst in command.[6] He was mentioned in despatches (dated 8 April 1902[7]) and received a brevet promotion as major in the South African Honours list published on 26 June 1902.[8] Following the end of the war, he left South Africa on the SS Kildonan Castle, which arrived at Southampton in October 1902.[9]

He later served in World War I commanding a Brigade in India followed by 9th Infantry Brigade and was then deployed as part of the Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force and then the Egyptian Expeditionary Force.[4]

After the war he again became a Brigade Commander in India and moved on to be Commander of British Troops in South China in 1925: he retired in 1929.[10]: 273 

Cricket

He was a keen cricketer and played for the Europeans cricket team and Bombay in India, playing four first-class matches in the 1892/3 and 1898/9 seasons.[11]

Memory

Luard Road in Wan Chai on Hong Kong Island was named after him.[12]

References
  1. Kelly's (1943). Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Landed and Official Classes. Kelly's Directories. p. 1155.
  2. "Clifton College Register" Muirhead, J.A.O. pp68/9: Bristol; J.W Arrowsmith for Old Cliftonian Society; April, 1948
  3. 1881 Census details
  4. Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
  5. Hart´s Army list, 1903
  6. "No. 27425". The London Gazette. 15 April 1902. p. 2507.
  7. "No. 27443". The London Gazette. 17 June 1902. pp. 3967–3974.
  8. "No. 27448". The London Gazette (Supplement). 26 June 1902. pp. 4191–4194.
  9. "The Army in South Africa - Troops returning home". The Times. No. 36887. London. 1 October 1902. p. 8.
  10. Kwong, Chi-man; Tsoi, Yiu-lun (2014). Eastern Fortress: A Military History of Hong Kong, 1840–1970. Hong Kong University Press. ISBN 9789888208708.
  11. "Charles Luard". Cricinfo. ESPN Sports Media Ltd. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
  12. Andrew Yanne; Gillis Heller (1 May 2009). Signs of a Colonial Era. Hong Kong University Press. p. 87. ISBN 978-962-209-944-9. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
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