Field Marshal Sir John Harding

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Field_Marshal_Sir_John_Harding
GPTKB entity
Statements (39)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:allegiance gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Knight_Grand_Cross_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath
gptkb:Order_of_the_British_Empire
gptkb:order_of_merit
gptkb:Military_Cross
gptkb:Distinguished_Service_Order
gptkbp:birthDate 1896-02-20
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:South_Petherton,_Somerset,_England
gptkbp:child John Charles Harding, 2nd Baron Harding of Petherton
gptkbp:conflict gptkb:First_World_War
gptkb:Second_World_War
gptkb:Cyprus_Emergency
gptkbp:deathDate 1989-01-20
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Nether_Compton,_Dorset,_England
gptkbp:education gptkb:Royal_Military_Academy,_Woolwich
Ilminster Grammar School
gptkbp:honorificPrefix Sir
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Field Marshal Sir John Harding
gptkbp:militaryBranch gptkb:British_Army
gptkb:Royal_Artillery
gptkbp:militaryRank gptkb:Field_Marshal
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:XIII_Corps
gptkb:British_Army_of_the_Rhine
Desert Rats (7th Armoured Division)
Middle East Land Forces
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:British_Army_officer
gptkbp:peerage gptkb:Baron_Harding_of_Petherton
gptkbp:positionHeld gptkb:Governor_of_Cyprus
gptkb:Chief_of_the_Imperial_General_Staff
gptkbp:predecessor Sir Robert Armitage (as Governor of Cyprus)
Sir William Slim (as Chief of the Imperial General Staff)
gptkbp:serviceYears 1914–1958
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Mary_Harding
gptkbp:successor Sir Hugh Foot (as Governor of Cyprus)
Sir Gerald Templer (as Chief of the Imperial General Staff)
gptkbp:title gptkb:Baron_Harding_of_Petherton
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Cyprus_Emergency
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6