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![]() Field Marshal John Harding of Petherton GCB CBE DSO MC (deceased) *Signature Value : £50 | Text written around 1975 follows : 1st Baron, created 1958, of Nether Compton : Field Marshal Allan Francis (John) Harding, GCB 1951 (KCB 1944); CBE 1940; DSO 1941; MC. Born 1896 son of the late Francis E Harding, Compton Way, South Petherton, Somerset. Served European War 1914-1919 with TA and Machine Gun Corps (MC); Lieutenant, Somerset Light Infantry 1920; Captain 1923; p.s.c. 1928; Brigade Major, British Force, Saar Plebiscite; Brevet Major 1935; Brevet Lieutenant Colonel 1938; Lieutenant Colonel 1939; Brigadier 1942, Major General 1942; Lieutenant General 1943; Geneal 1949; Field Marshal 1953. Served in War of 1939-45 (despatches, CBE DSO and 2 bard, KCB) GOC CMF 1946-1947; GOC in C Southern Command 1947-1949, C in C Far East Land Forces 1949-1951; Commander-in-Chief, British Army of the Rhine 1951-1952, Chief of the Imperial General Staff 1952-1955; Governor and Commander in Chief Cyprus 1955- November 1957. ADC Gen to King George VI 1950-52; to the Queen 1952-53; Colonel, 6th Gurkha Rifles 1951-1961; Colonel Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry (Somerset Light Infantry 1953 - 1960); Colonel, The Life Guards and Gold Stick to the Queen 1957-1964. End of text from c.1975. He died on 29th January 1989. |
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