Anglo Boer War

Surname

Forename

Rank

Notes

Unit

Herbert

3rd Battalion
Source: QSA and KSA medal rolls

Leicestershire Regiment

Herbert

Ivan John Caradoc

Colonel

Born at Llanarth Court, July 16, 1851, and he traces his descent to Hubert, Count of Vermandois, who came over at the Norman Conquest, the family possessions in S Wales having been held in unbroken male succession from the 12th century. Colonel Herbert is the eldest son of J A E Herbert and his wife, the Hon Augusta Charlotte Elizabeth, daughter of the 1st Baron Llanover. He was educated at St Mary's College, Oscott, and entered the Grenadier Guards in 1870, reaching the rank of Colonel in 1889. He entered the Staff College in 1879, and in 1882 was appointed Brigade Major of the Brigade of Guards, and served in that capacity through the campaign against Arabi Pasha in Egypt (medal and two clasps, Khedivial star, and 4th class Medjidie). He subsequently served in the Camel Corps in the Sudan Campaign of 1884-5; was Adjt. of the Guards Camel Regiment, and took part in all the actions on the Nile and in the Bavuda Desert. Returning in 1885, he was appointed commandant of the School of Instruction for Auxiliary Forces, and in 1886 was sent to St Petersburg as Military Attache—a post which he occupied till 1890. He acted as Military Adviser to the Ambassador, Sir R Morier, in the negotiations which led to a delimitation of the Russo Afghan Frontier in 1887, and in 1890 was given the command of the Canadian Local Forces with the rank of Major General, occupying this post for five years. In 1897 he had command of all the Colonial troops assembled in London for the Jubilee of her late Majesty Queen Victoria; commanded the 3rd Battalion Grenadier Guards in 1897-8, and was appointed AAG for the Home District in the latter year. Colonel Herbert having devoted much attention to the study of foreign languages, of which he speaks five, he was placed charge of the foreign representatives with the army in South Africa in 1899. He also served as .AG on the Staff of Lord Roberts, and was for a time Inspector General of the Lines of Communication. In addition to the orders already mentioned, he is decorated with the Egyptian medal with three clasps, the QSA with four clasps, the Order of the Red Eagle and class); is a Commander of the Order of the Crown of Italy, and an Officer of the Legion of Honour. At the General Election in 1906 he was returned as Liberal MP for S Monmouthshire. In the field of sport Colonel Herbert has found time for steeplechasing, polo, and hunting. He married, in 1873, the Hon Abertina Agnes Mary, daughter of the 1st Baron Londesborough.

Grenadier Guards

Herbert

2nd Battalion
Source: QSA and KSA medal rolls

Northamptonshire Regiment

Herbert

3rd Battalion
Source: QSA and KSA medal rolls

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

Herbert

1st Battalion
Source: QSA and KSA medal rolls

Devonshire Regiment

Herbert

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