BORDEN Harold Lithorp -1900
only son of Frederick William BORDEN, Canadian Minister of Militia - Major in King's Canadian Hussars & Lieutenant in Royal Canadian Dragoons. The death of Lieutenant Harold Lothrop Borden at Witpoort on 16 July 1900 occurred when Lieutenant John Edgar Burch and he, while assisting the Royal Irish Fusiliers and some New Zealanders withstand a Boer assault on Witpoort ridge, led a counter-attack. It was successful, but Boer marksmen, standing less than 200 metres away, shot them as they stood up to lead the assault. (source: Wikipedia)
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