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John Harding
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Born in South Petherton, Somerset
Born on 10th of February 1896
Died in Nether Compton, Dorset
Died on 20th of January 1989

Born 1896. Died 1989 - English field marshal.

Became Chief of Staff of the Allied Army in Italy in 1944. Was Governor General of Cyprus from 1955 to 1957, responsible for banished Archbishop Makarios. Knighted in 1944 and created a peer in 1958.

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