Boord State Nature Preserve

	Boord State Nature Preserve Boord is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Ray Boord (1908–1982), New Zealand politician * Thomas Boord (1838–1912), British politician Boord baronets, a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom created in 1896 for Thomas Boord {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:** [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Ray Boord Raymond Boord (4 February 1908 – 29 April 1982) was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party. Biography Early life and career Boord was born in Rotorua in 1908 to Francis Moss Boord and Agnes Jane Boord. His grandfather being one of the first European settlers in Rotorua establishing a farm in the 1860s. Boord was educated initially at Rotorua Boys' High School and later at Feilding Agricultural High School, where he became prominent in debating and was dux of the school. He was also a talented sportsman representing Feilding Agricultural at both rugby and cricket. He then became a sheep farmer for 13 years. He left New Zealand in May 1940 after enlisting in the army 21st Battalion. He served in Greece, Egypt before being promoted to lieutenant first class in February 1942 then seeing action in the Second Battle of El Alamein. He was wounded in action on 26 March 1943 and was also Mentioned in dispatches (MiD). On 31 January 1945 he was promoted to the temporary rank of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Thomas Boord Sir Thomas William Boord, 1st Baronet FSA JP VD (14 July 1838 – 2 May 1912) was a British Conservative Party politician. Boord was the son of Joseph Boord and his wife Mary Ann (née Newstead). He was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Greenwich a by-election in August 1873, and held the seat until he stood down at the 1895 general election. Apart from his political career he was a Captain the 1st Volunteer Battalion of the King's Royal Rifle Corps The King's Royal Rifle Corps was an infantry rifle regiment of the British Army that was originally raised in British North America as the Royal American Regiment during the phase of the Seven Years' War in North America known in the United St ..., a justice of the peace and a Society of Antiquaries of London, fellow of the Society of Antiquaries. On 18 February 1896 he was created a baronet, of Wakehurst Place in the County of Sussex. Boord married Margaret, daughter of Thomas George Mackinlay, in 1861. They had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]