John Harding
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Death | 35 years ago |
| Date of birth | February 10,1896 |
| Zodiac sign | Aquarius |
| Born | South Petherton |
| United Kingdom | |
| Date of died | January 20,1989 |
| Died | Nether Compton |
| United Kingdom | |
| Battles and wars | First World War |
| Second World War | |
| Malayan Emergency | |
| Cyprus Emergency | |
| Children | John Charles Harding, 2nd Baron Harding of Petherton |
| Grandchildren | Dido Harding |
| William Allan John Harding, 3rd Baron Harding of Petherton | |
| Books | The Puzzler |
| The Girl Who Couldn't Read | |
| Florence and Giles and The Turn of the Screw | |
| Florence and Giles | |
| One Big Damn Puzzler | |
| While The Sun Shines | |
| What We Did on Our Holiday | |
| Untitled Novel | |
| Movies/Shows | The Iron Lady |
| Smallpox 2002 | |
| The Young Visiters | |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 1603251 |
John Harding Life story
Field Marshal Allan Francis Harding, 1st Baron Harding of Petherton, GCB, CBE, DSO & Two Bars, MC, known as John Harding, was a senior British Army officer who fought in both the First World War and . . .
Prisoner released by Russia 'treated worse than a dog'
... Among them were five British nationals who were freed - including John Harding, Dylan Healy, Andrew Hill and Shaun Pinner...
Ukraine war: Britons held by Russian forces reunite with family
... Aiden Aslin, John Harding, Dylan Healy, Andrew Hill and Shaun Pinner have been reunited with their families after landing at Heathrow Airport...
Britons held by Russian forces in Ukraine released
... Aiden Aslin, John Harding and Shaun Pinner, who were captured while fighting with Ukraine forces, were among those released...
Captured Briton John Harding appears in video in Ukraine
... John Harding, who is in his fifties and originally from Sunderland, is being interviewed by a Russian TV presenter...
How Britain pioneered an alternative to prison
... Witness History speaks to John Harding, a former Chief Probation Officer, who was in charge of the introduction of Community Service in one of the first pilot schemes...
Sheela-na-gigs: The naked women adorning Britain's churches
... The UK s poster girl for sheela-na-gigs can be found at the Church of St Mary and St David in Kilpeck, Herefordshire For the past 20 years John Harding, from the Sheela Na Gig Project, has covered thousands of miles tracking down sightings of them across the country...
Captured Briton John Harding appears in video in Ukraine
A British man has been shown in a video appealing for help from Boris Johnson , while appearing to be held captive by pro-Russian separatists in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) in eastern Ukraine.
John Harding , who is in his fifties and originally from Sunderland, is being interviewed by a Russian TV presenter.
In the video he calls for help from the UK Prime Minister .
He says he has been told he could face the death penalty.
It is understood John Harding was captured in May while fighting with the Azov regiment, part of the Ukrainian National Guard , when Ukrainian units who had been defending the south-eastern city of Mariupol were forced to surrender.
Friends and family of John Harding confirmed to The Bbc it was him in the video, and His Family are being supported by The Foreign Office.
John Harding had been fighting in eastern Ukraine's Donbas region since 2018. He previously told The Bbc he had travelled there to use his skills as a combat medic, to help in The Fight against pro-Russian rebels.
Two other British men, Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner, who were also captured in Mariupol, by a Russian proxy court in the DPR.
Both they and John Harding had moved to Ukraine around the same time and made the country their home.
The DPR court is not internationally recognised. Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has has called the Death Sentences a " sham judgement with absolutely no legitimacy".
The UK government has said they should be treated as prisoners of war under the laws laid out in the Geneva Conventions.
This Week Paul Urey, a British aid worker, in east Ukraine. Officials from the DPR said he died in captivity on 10 July from underlying health conditions and " stress".
The Foreign Office has been contacted for comment on the Harding Case .
Source of news: bbc.com
