| 词条 | Charles Luard |
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| name =Charles Luard | image = | caption = | birth_date =14 September 1867 | death_date =28 June 1947 (aged 79) | placeofburial_label = | placeofburial = | birth_place =Herstmonceux, Sussex | death_place =Yateley, Hampshire | placeofburial_coordinates = | nickname = | allegiance ={{UK}} | branch = British Army | serviceyears = | rank =Major-General | unit = | commands =Commander of British Troops in South China | battles =Second Boer War World War I | awards =Companion of the Order of the Bath Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George | relations = | laterwork = }} Major-General Charles Camac Luard, CB, CMG (14 September 1867 – 28 June 1947) was Commander of British Troops in South China. Military careerFourth 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 in the Durham Light Infantry on 2 September 1885.[3] He served as an Assistant Superintendent of Army Signalling in the Zhob Field Force in 1890, and was promoted captain on 13 February 1895.[4] 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.[5] He was mentioned in despatches (dated 8 April 1902[6]) and received a brevet promotion as major in the South African Honours list published on 26 June 1902.[7] Following the end of the war, he left South Africa on the SS Kildonan Castle, which arrived at Southampton in October 1902.[8] 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.[3] 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.[9]{{rp|273}} CricketHe was a keen cricketer and played for the Europeans cricket team in India, playing four matches in the 1892/3 and 1898/9 seasons.[10] References1. ^{{cite book|last=Kelly's|first=|title=Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Landed and Official Classes|year=1943|publisher=Kelly's Directories.|page=1155}} {{s-start}}{{s-mil}}{{succession box | before=Sir John Fowler | title=Commander of British Troops in South China | years=1925–1929 | after=James Sandilands}}{{end}}{{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Luard, Charles Camac}}2. ^1881 Census details 3. ^1 Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives 4. ^Hart´s Army list, 1903 5. ^{{London Gazette|issue=27425 |page=2507 |date=15 April 1902}} 6. ^{{London Gazette |issue= 27443 |pages=3967–3974 |date= 17 June 1902 }} 7. ^{{London Gazette |issue= 27448 |supp=y |pages=4191–4194 |date= 26 June 1902}} 8. ^{{Cite newspaper The Times |articlename=The Army in South Africa - Troops returning home |day_of_week=Wednesday |date=1 October 1902 |page_number=8 |issue=36887| }} 9. ^{{cite book|title=Eastern Fortress: A Military History of Hong Kong, 1840–1970|last1=Kwong|first1=Chi-man|last2=Tsoi|first2=Yiu-lun|publisher=Hong Kong University Press|date=2014|isbn=9789888208708}} 10. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/india/content/player/30788.html|website=Cricinfo|publisher=ESPN Sports Media Ltd|title=Charles Luard|access-date=20 May 2018}} 11 : 1867 births|1947 deaths|People educated at Clifton College|Durham Light Infantry officers|British Army generals of World War I|Companions of the Order of the Bath|Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George|English cricketers|Europeans cricketers|Mumbai cricketers|British Army personnel of the Second Boer War |
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