Reginald Harding

Major-General Reginald Peregrine Harding, CB, DSO (3 July 1905 – 27 December 1981) was a British Army officer.

Reginald Harding
Born	3 July 1905
Died	27 December 1981
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Rank	Major-General
Commands held	7th Armoured Brigade Royal Armoured Corps Centre 49th (West Riding) Armoured Division East Anglian District
Battles/wars	First World War Second World War
Awards	Companion of the Order of the Bath Distinguished Service Order

Military career

Harding was commissioned into the 5th/6th Dragoons on 29 January 1925.[1] He was appointed a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order in the 1940 Birthday Honours for his services in the Second World War.[2]

After the war, in October 1946, he became commander of 22nd Armoured Brigade which was re-designated 7th Armoured Brigade in January 1947; he then became Commandant of the Royal Armoured Corps Centre at Bovington Camp in August 1949.[3] He went on to be General Officer Commanding 49th (West Riding) Armoured Division in December 1951 and General Officer Commanding East Anglian District in May 1955 before retiring in June 1958.[3]

He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1953 Coronation Honours.[4]

In 1933, as an amateur jockey, he won the National Hunt Chase Challenge Cup on a horse known as "Ego" which had been trained by Lieutenant Colonel Morgan Lindsay.[5]

References

1. "No. 33016". The London Gazette. 30 January 1925. p. 685.
2. "No. 34893". The London Gazette (Supplement). 9 July 1940. p. 4243.
3. "Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 7 June 2020.
4. "No. 39863". The London Gazette (Supplement). 26 May 1953. p. 2943.
5. Oakley, Robin (2011). The Cheltenham Festival: A Centenary History. Aurum Press. ISBN 978-1845136369.