John Ward-Harrison

Major-General John Martin Donald Ward-Harrison OBE MC DL (1918 – 26 March 1985) was a British Army officer.

John Ward-Harrison
Born1918
Died26 March 1985
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchBritish Army
RankMajor-General
Commands heldStaff College, Camberley
North East District
Battles/warsSecond World War
AwardsOfficer of the Order of the British Empire
Military Cross

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

  1. "Artefacts - Italy and Northern Europe". Desert Rats. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  2. "Army Commands" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
  3. "No. 42552". The London Gazette. 29 December 1961. p. 7.
  4. "Major-General John Ward-Harrison". The Peerage. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  5. "Godfrey [Macdonald later Bosville later Bosville-Macdonald], 3rd Baron Macdonald". Cracrofts Peerage. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
Military offices
Preceded by
Rex Whitworth
General Officer Commanding North East District
1968–1970
Succeeded by
Geoffrey Armitage
Preceded by
Geoffrey Armitage
General Officer Commanding North East District
January 1973 – July 1973
Succeeded by
Geoffrey Collin
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