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{{Short description|British Army general (1873–1958)}}
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|name= Cyril Rodney Harbord
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|birth_date= {{birth date|1873|12|02|df=yes}}
|death_date= {{death date and age|1958|09|28|1873|12|02|df=yes}}
|birth_place= [[Alverstoke]], [[Hampshire]]
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|branch= [[British Indian Army]]
|serviceyears=1892–1929
|rank= [[Brigadier-General]]
|commands= [[15th (Imperial Service) Cavalry Brigade]] [[2nd Indian Cavalry Brigade]]
|unit= [[30th Lancers (Gordon's Horse)]] [[29th Lancers (Deccan Horse)]]
|battles= [[Second Boer War]] [[Somaliland campaign]] [[First World War]]
* [[Western Front (World War One)|Western Front]]
* [[Sinai and Palestine campaign]]
|awards= [[Companion of the Order of the Bath]] [[Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George]] [[Distinguished Service Order]] [[Mentioned in Despatches]] [[Order of the Nile|Commander of the Order of the Nile]] (Egypt)
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[[Brigadier general|Brigadier-General]] '''Cyril Rodney Harbord''', {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|CB|CMG|DSO}} (2 December 1873 – 28 September 1958) was a [[cavalry]] officer in the [[British Indian Army]], where he served in the [[30th Lancers (Gordon's Horse)]].

Harbord saw active service in the [[Second Boer War]], the [[Somaliland campaign]] and the [[First World War]], and rose in rank to command the [[15th (Imperial Service) Cavalry Brigade|15th (Imperial Service)]] and the [[2nd Indian Cavalry Brigade]]s.

==Background==
Cyril Rodney Harbord was born on 2 December 1873, to Charles Hedgron and Rosalie Harriet Harbord. He was educated at [[Bedford School]], graduated from the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst]] as a Queen's Cadet, and joined the [[British Indian Army|Indian Army]] as a [[second-lieutenant]] on 3 September 1892.<ref>Obituary, ''The Old Bedfordian'', No.8, April 1959, p.37</ref><ref>{{London Gazette|date=3 September 1892|issue=26322|page=5016}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette|date=24 April 1894|issue=26506|page=2321}}</ref>

==Military career==
Harbord was promoted to [[lieutenant]] on 3 December 1894,<ref>{{London Gazette|date=22 February 1895|issue=26601|page=1067}}</ref> to [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]] 26 November 1901,<ref>{{London Gazette|date=26 November 1901|issue=27380|page=8094}}</ref> and to [[major]] 18 October 1910.<ref>{{London Gazette|date=18 October 1910|issue=28425|page=7356}}</ref>

He was commissioned in the [[Imperial Yeomanry]] and saw active service with the 3rd Battalion in the [[Second Boer War]], for which he was [[mentioned in despatches]], awarded [[Queen's South Africa Medal]] with three clasps and the [[King's South Africa Medal]] with two clasps.<ref name=roots>{{cite web|accessdate=16 September 2013|publisher=Rootsweb|title=harbord|url=http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kelleyconnections/n000006u.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170419191922/http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kelleyconnections/n000006u.htm|archive-date=19 April 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> He left [[Cape Town]] in April 1902,<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The War – Troops returning home|date=25 April 1902 |page=8 |issue=36751| }}</ref> arrived at [[Southampton]] the following month,<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The War – Return of Troops |date=10 May 1902 |page=12 |issue=36764| }}</ref> and relinquished his commission with the Imperial Yeomanry in August 1902.<ref>{{London Gazette|date=22 August 1902|issue=27467|page=5464}}</ref> Following his return, he served with the [[29th Lancers (Deccan Horse)]] and as a special service officer on the staff of the [[Somaliland campaign|Somaliland Field Force]] in 1904.<ref>{{London Gazette|date=26 January 1904|issue=27639|page=546}}</ref>

This was followed by service in the [[First World War]]. On the [[Western Front (World War One)|Western Front]] and in the [[Sinai and Palestine campaign]]. On 16 April 1917 he was promoted to temperay [[brigadier-general]] and given commanded of the [[15th (Imperial Service) Cavalry Brigade]].<ref>{{London Gazette|date=29 May 1917|issue=30100|supp=y|page=5292}}</ref> While in command of the brigade he was made a Companion of the [[Distinguished Service Order]] in April 1918,<ref>{{London Gazette|date=9 April 1918|issue=30624|supp=y|page=4410}}</ref> and appointed a [[Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George]] in May 1919.<ref>{{London Gazette|date=30 May 1919|supp=y|issue=31371|page=6922}}</ref>

For his service in the war he was awarded, by the [[Sultan of Egypt]], the [[Order of the Nile]] third class in November 1919.<ref>{{London Gazette|date=25 November 1919|page=14635|issue=31659|supp=y}}</ref> Having reverted to his peace time rank after the war, in December 1926 he was a [[colonel]] and commander of the [[2nd Indian Cavalry Brigade]] at [[Sialkot]] in India, when he was appointed a [[Companion of the Order of the Bath]].<ref>{{London Gazette|date=31 December 1926|issue=33235|page=3}}</ref>

Harbord retired from the army in 1929 and died 28 September 1958.

==Family==
Harbord was married to Kathleen Mary Cocks (née Fox),<ref name=roots/> with whom he had four children. One son was killed in action during the [[Second World War]].<ref name=roots/><ref>{{cite web|accessdate=17 September 2013|publisher=The War Graves Photograph Project|title=Harbord, James Dennis|url=http://twgpp.org/information.php?id=2236315}}</ref><ref>''[[The Times]]'', 30 September 1958, p.1</ref>

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