John Harding, 1st Baron Harding of Petherton

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John Harding, 1st Baron Harding of Petherton, was a British field marshal and senior military commander who later served as a colonial administrator, including as Governor of Cyprus during the mid-20th century.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British Army officer
Governor of Cyprus
colonial administrator
human
life peer
awardReceived Distinguished Service Order
Military Cross
Order of Merit
Order of the Bath
Order of the Garter NERFINISHED
citizenship British
conflict World War I
surface form: First World War

World War II
surface form: Second World War
country United Kingdom
fieldOfWork colonial administration
military strategy
genre military leadership
hasHonorificPrefix Field Marshal
The Lord NERFINISHED
hasTitle 1st Baron Harding of Petherton NERFINISHED
languageSpoken English
memberOf House of Lords
militaryBranch British Army
militaryRank Field Marshal
nobleTitle Baron Harding of Petherton NERFINISHED
notableFor leadership in Middle East theatre during and after the Second World War
role as Governor of Cyprus during the Cyprus Emergency
service as Chief of the Imperial General Staff in the 1950s
notableWork counter-insurgency campaign against EOKA in Cyprus
occupation colonial governor
soldier
partOf British high command in the Second World War
British military establishment in the post-war era
positionHeld Chief of the Imperial General Staff NERFINISHED
Commander of 8th Army
Commander-in-Chief, Middle East Land Forces NERFINISHED
Governor of Cyprus NERFINISHED
High Commissioner of Cyprus NERFINISHED
residence United Kingdom

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Cyprus Emergency governorDuringConflict John Harding, 1st Baron Harding of Petherton
Major-General John Harding honorificTitle John Harding, 1st Baron Harding of Petherton
subject surface form: John Harding, 1st Baron Harding of Petherton
this entity surface form: 1st Baron Harding of Petherton