John Ward-Harrison | |
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Born | 1918 |
Died | March 26, 1985 |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/branch | British Army |
Rank | Major-General |
Commands held |
Staff College, Camberley North East District |
Battles/wars | Second World War |
Awards |
Officer of the Order of the British Empire Military Cross |
Major-General John Martin Donald Ward-Harrison OBE MC DL (1918 – 26 March 1985) was a British Army officer.
Military career[]
Ward-Harrison was commissioned into the 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards and saw action in North-West Europe during the Second World War.[1] He became Deputy Commandant, Staff College, Camberley in 1966, General Officer Commanding, North East District in 1968 and Chief of Staff at Northern Command in 1970.[2] He briefly returned to the command of North East District in January 1973 before retiring in July 1973.[2]
He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 1962 New Year Honours.[3]
He married June Amoret Fleury Teulon;[4] they had one daughter.[5]
References[]
- ↑ "Artefacts - Italy and Northern Europe". Desert Rats. http://www.desertrats.org.uk/artefacts3.htm. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Army Commands". http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201860-.pdf. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
- ↑ "No. 42552". 29 December 1961. p. 7. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/42552/page/7
- ↑ "Major-General John Ward-Harrison". The Peerage. http://www.thepeerage.com/p14696.htm. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
- ↑ "Godfrey [Macdonald later Bosville later Bosville-Macdonald, 3rd Baron Macdonald"]. Cracrofts Peerage. http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/online/content/macdonald1776.htm. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
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