Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: E buliri ya n'ọkwá lieutenant n'October 1899. Baird jere ozi na Agha nke Abụọ nke Boer, na-abata na South Africa dị ka onye ọrụ mgbaàmà brigade. Ọ nọ n'ebe ahụ mgbe a na-enye enyemaka na Kimberley n'ọnwa Febụwarị nke afọ 1900, obere oge ọ lụchara agha na
Paardeberg na Poplar Gove, na ihe ndị mere ozugbo na Driefontein. Site na Julaị ruo Nọvemba 1900, ọ hụrụ ihe na Orange River Colony, gụnyere ọgụ na Bothaville na n'akụkụ Osimiri Caledon. E buliri ya n'ọkwa onye isi n'ọnwa Machị n'afọ 1901, mgbe nke ahụ gasịrị, e zigara Baird na Foreign Office na-amalite n'ọnwa Eprel. Omume ya n'oge agha ahụ mere ka a kpọọ ya aha na ozi, yana inye ya ihe nrite nke Queen. Emere ya ka ọ bụrụ Companion nke Distinguished Service Order na Septemba 1901.