Brigadier Brian Harding

Harding was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1953 and his service took him to many parts of the world from West Africa to Woomera and included active service in various trouble spots. He left the Army with the rank of Brigadier, and in 1989 joined the British Legion staff, thereafter travelling widely within the organisation. On retirement in 1977, he undertook to research and write the history of the Legion (q.v.)