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...
Prisoner released by Russia 'treated worse than a dog'
A British man released by Russia has said he was " treated worse than a dog" and kept in solitary confinement for five months.
Aiden Aslin has returned to the UK after being detained for months following his capture by Russian-backed forces in Ukraine .
, He Said after being stabbed he was asked if he wanted a quick or " Beautiful Death ".
He Said The Prisoners had to sing The Russian national anthem every morning.
" And if you didn't Sing It , you would get punished for it. You would get beaten, " He Said .
In The Interview , the former prisoner said he was stabbed during his time being held Captive - and beaten because of his tattoos.
Ten detainees, including Mr Aslin, were after Saudi Arabia said it had brokered An Exchange between Russia and Ukraine .
Among them were five British nationals who were freed - including John Harding , Dylan Healy, Andrew Hill and Shaun Pinner.
Mr Aslin from Newark, Nottinghamshire was held in April while fighting in the south-eastern city of Mariupol.
He, Mr Pinner and a Moroccan national, Brahim Saadoun, were put On Trial in the self-declared Donetsk People's Republic and.
Referring to a time he was stabbed in the back with a knife, Mr Aslin said: " I knew there was a very high possibility I was about to be killed. "
He was then asked by a Russian who was guarding him: " Do you want a quick death or a Beautiful Death ? "
Answering a quick death, Mr Aslin was told: " You're going to have a Beautiful Death and I'm going to make sure it's a Beautiful Death . "
He Said he was beaten for having a tattoo of a Ukrainian trident and for one showing his time In Syria .
Mr Aslin said he was kept in a two-man cell with four people and had to sleep on a mat infested with lice.
" We couldn't go to the toilet properly because we didn't have a toilet" He Said , adding that they had to use empty bottles.
Mr Aslin said he survived for three weeks eating pieces of bread and Water - and " eventually we had to beg them to give us tap Water ".
There was a window in The Cell , but it had " nothing to protect us from the outside elements" He Said , which led to it being cold in The Winter .
Talking about when his passport was checked, " as soon as I said Great Britain I got a straight punch to the nose" He Said .
Mr Aslin said the only time he was let out was to do propaganda or take phone Calls .
Source of news: bbc.com
