| Haggard | Andrew Charles Parker | | Captain | HAGGARD, ANDREW CHARLES PARKER, Lieutenant Colonel, was born at Bradenham Hall, Norfolk, 7 February 1854, 5th son of William Meybohm Eider Haggard, and Ella, daughter and co-heiress of Bazett Doveton, EICS. He was educated at Westminster School; joined The King's Own Borderers, afterwards The King's Own Scottish Borderers, in 1873; served in India and at Aden; also on the Staff in Egypt, 1882; was Adjutant, 1st Reserve Depot, Ismailia, 1882, until the close of the operations against Arabi Pasha. He was one of the 25 officers who, under Sir Evelyn Wood, VC, in the year 1883, raised the new Egyptian Army, and owing to his knowledge of Arabic was sent to the different Provinces of Egypt to curb the injustices and cruelties of the Mudirs in their methods of raising recruits. He became Major and Second-in-Command of the 4th Battalion Egyptian Army, and subsequently Lieutenant Colonel Commanding the 1st Battalion Being applied for by Admiral Sir William Hewett, VC, Governor General of the Red Sea Littoral, he was attached to the Royal Navy and went on Special Service to Suakin in February 1884, where he was instrumental in organizing the defences and in quelling a mutiny of two Black Regiments (one of which had previously served under General Gordon), which had deserted their posts to the danger of the capture of the town by the enemy, under Osman Digna. After assisting the landing of the Expeditionary Force under Sir Gerald Graham, VC, he was attached to it, and was present at the Battle of Tamai and advance on Tamanieb (Medal with clasp, Khedive's Bronze Star; mentioned in Special Naval Despatches in April 1884, and also in Army Despatches). He proceeded on HMS Sphinx to Massowah; became Governor, and organized defences of that place in 1884; went subsequently to meet the Abyssinian brigand outlaw, Bal Ambaras Yasus Kefla, in the passes of the mountains of Bogos, and then on to Senheit and Keren; rescued a Swedish missionary from him, and induced him to open up the road to permit the egress of an Egyptian regiment cut off there under Khusru Bey, one of General Gordon's old officers. He surveyed part, and wrote itinerary of route to Khartoum, via Kassala, adopted by the Intelligence Department, War Office. He was in command of the 1st Battalion Egyptian Army at Suakin for a year, while the place was invested and constantly attacked by Osman Digna, 1884-85. He was present at the reconnaissance to Hasheen and operations of the British Army at Suakin, 1885 (4th Class Osmarneh); awarded "for distinguished services before the enemy" [London Gazette, 1885]. He was on a special recruiting commission with Brigadier General Yusuf Pasha Schudi, which reformed the abuses of the conscription in Upper Egypt. He commanded the 1st Battalion Egyptian Army in operations on the Nile, under General Sir Frederick Stephenson, including the Battle of Ginniss 1885-87, and subsequently commanded all the Egyptian troops on the Frontier. For his services in this campaign Lieutenant Colonel Haggard was mentioned in Despatches, and for those at the Battle of Ginniss he was awarded the, then new, distinction of the Companionship of the Distinguished Service Order, in the first Gazette of which Order his appointment was announced, 23 November 1886: "For action at Ginniss, Andrew Charles Parker Haggard, Captain, King's Own Scottish Borderers". Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Haggard was awarded the 3rd Class of the Order of the Medjidieh for subsequent-services in Egypt. In 1906 he married Ethel Fowler, of Whitestock Hali, Lancashire. He was a well-known sporting writer and novelist, and has published many French historical biographies. His favourite recreations are fishing, shooting and exploring, especially in connection with little-known rivers and districts in Canada. After the outbreak of the Great War he was instrumental in the formation of Veterans' Associations for men of both Services in British Columbia.
Source: DSO recipients (VC and DSO Book) | King's Own Scottish Borderers |
| Haggard | Edward Arthur | | Major | Youngest son of Wm. M Rider Haggard, of Bradenham Hall, Norfolk. He was educated at Cambridge, and the RMC, Sandhurst; joined the 1 st Battalion King's Shropshire Light Infantry in 1884 at Malta; served in the Suakim campaign in 1885, including the march to Tamai, and throughout the British occupation (Egyptian medal and clasp and star), subsequently serving in Egypt and Malta. He was appointed to the Army Service Corps in 1889, but retired in 1892 and joined the 3rd Battalion Beds. Regiment (Mil.), from which he retired in 1904. He saw special service in South Africa in 1900-1 as DAAG, attached to the ASC, and acted as Supply Officer to the 11th Divisional Troops during the advance of Lord Roberts from Bloemfontein to Pretoria; was present at the British entry into Pretoria, when he was appointed Officer-in-Charge of Supplies at Johannesburg, which post he held until 1901 (QSA and four clasps). Major Haggard has been Secretary, of the Union Jack Club (a national memorial to the sailors, soldiers, and marines who lost their lives in South Africa and China) since its inauguration in 1902. He is the author (under the pseudonym of Arthur Amyand) of Only a Drummer Boy, Sidelights on Soldier Life, Comrades in Arms, and The Kiss of his. He is deeply interested in all questions tending to the improvement of the conditions of the sailor on the lower deck, and the soldier in the ranks, and to the raising of their social level in the eyes of the general public. Recreations: Fishing, hunting, shooting, and travelling. He married, July, 1887, Emily, daughter of Edmund Calvert, of Walton-le-Dale, Lanes. | Army Service Corps |
