James Clarence Harding enlisted into the Royal Army Medical Corps before volunteering for airborne forces.Lance Corporal Harding was attached to 1 (Airborne) Battalion, Royal Ulster Rifles.

Lance Corporal Harding participated in the Rhine Crossing (Operation Varsity) and was killed on the 19 April 1945 and is now buried in Hanover War Cemetery, Germany.

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Headstone image provided by Bob Hilton.