[1] In 1854 he transferred to the 77th Regiment of Foot and served in the Crimean War as a Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General: he was mentioned in despatches for his part in the Siege of Sevastopol.

[1] He served in the Second Opium War taking part in an expedition to China in 1857.

[1] He sought to introduce permanent infantry training schools but also upset Adolphe-Philippe Caron, the Minister of Militia and Defence, through his constant criticism of amateur soldiers.

[1] He was asked to resign and, in 1884, returned to England to command a brigade at Aldershot Garrison.

[2] They had seven children including Edward Bourryau Luard (1870–1916), who achieved the rank of lieutenant colonel in the King's Shropshire Light Infantry and was killed near Ypres in the First World War.