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MILITARY PERSONNEL

John Harding, 1st Baron Harding of Petherton

1896 - 1989

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Field Marshal Allan Francis Harding, 1st Baron Harding of Petherton, (10 February 1896 – 20 January 1989), known as John Harding, was a senior British Army officer who fought in both the First World War and the Second World War, served in the Malayan Emergency, and later advised the British government on the response to the Mau Mau Uprising. He also served as Chief of the Imperial General Staff (CIGS), the professional head of the British Army, and was Governor of Cyprus from 1955 to 1957 during the Cyprus Emergency. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Harding, 1st Baron Harding of Petherton has received more than 186,228 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. John Harding, 1st Baron Harding of Petherton is the 1,567th most popular military personnel, the 4,133rd most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 103rd most popular British Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, John Harding, 1st Baron Harding of Petherton ranks 1,567 out of 1,468Before him are Zhanna Yorkina, Don Carlos Buell, Isaac Brock, Rudolf Stöger-Steiner von Steinstätten, Oliver Leese, and Gustaf Dyrssen. After him are Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough, William Alexander Morgan, John Sedgwick, John Abizaid, John Dill, and Gilad Shalit.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1896, John Harding, 1st Baron Harding of Petherton ranks 210Before him are Luiz Vinhaes, Miles Dempsey, George Parker, Kim Iryeop, Enrique Hertzog, and Rogers Hornsby. After him are Rafael Garza Gutiérrez, Walter Breuning, José Naya, Lawrence Tibbett, Virgil Thomson, and Arthur Tell Schwab. Among people deceased in 1989, John Harding, 1st Baron Harding of Petherton ranks 225Before him are Cláudio Santoro, Egon Orowan, Robert Körner, Gilda Radner, Edgar Sanabria, and Ugo Pignotti. After him are László Papp, Asbjørn Ruud, Ansa Ikonen, Marshall Harvey Stone, C. L. R. James, and Willibald Kreß.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Harding, 1st Baron Harding of Petherton ranks 4,133 out of 7,765Before him are John M. Allegro (1923), Bob Evans (1947), Caroline Cossey (1954), Robin Cook (1946), John Abbot (1751), and Roger Allam (1953). After him are Matthew Lewis (1989), Douglas Slocombe (1913), Joseph Wedderburn (1882), Jacqueline Wilson (1945), Vincent Nichols (1945), and Richard Gunn (1871).

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United Kingdom

Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, John Harding, 1st Baron Harding of Petherton ranks 103Before him are Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex (1591), Reginald Wingate (1861), Dudley Pound (1877), Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer (1857), Miles Dempsey (1896), and Oliver Leese (1894). After him are John Dill (1881), John André (1750), Arnold Jackson (1891), Thomas Picton (1758), Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy (1862), and Albert Ball (1896).