 That same year, Charles Dunbar played for Queen Victoria when she visited the camp to inspect the Highlanders.Within two years, the new family was on board ship with the regiment to India — where a second son, Colin Murray Dunbar, was born on 3 January 1900 but not before Pipe Major Charles Dunbar was posted away to South Africa to serve in the Boer War, his first experience in action.The 2 Gordon Highlanders was one of the first units ordered to South Africa, where the Battalion won numerous battle honours.