John Ward-Harrison


John Martin Donald Ward-Harrison was a British Army officer.

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. 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. He briefly returned to the command of North East District in January 1973 before retiring in July 1973.
He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 1962 New Year Honours.
He married June Amoret Fleury Teulon; they had one daughter.