Harold Lothrop Borden Military person

Lieutenant Harold Lothrop Borden, (23 May 1876 – 16 July 1900) was from Canning, Nova Scotia and the only son of Canada's Canadian Minister of Defence and Militia, 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 (by Hamilton MacCarthy) was erected to his memory.

Personal facts

Birth date	May 23, 1876
Birth place	Canning Nova Scotia
Date of death	July 16, 1900
Place of death	Witpoort , South Africa
Resting place	Braamfontein , South Africa , Brakpan , Greater Johannesburg