Early Life
Harding was born in Wandsworth, London to Arthur Boyer Harding and his wife Helen Clinton. His father died in 1902 and Harold was educated at his uncle's expense at Christ's Hospital and entered the City and Guilds College (a part of Imperial College London) in 1917. He served as a full-time Officers' Training Corps cadet in 1918 before resuming his studies in 1919. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering in 1922.
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