Major-General Reginald Peregrine Harding was born in China on July 3, 1905.
He served in the 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards from 1928 to 1958.
Perry was one of the few amateurs to win the Champion Hurdle - 1938, Our Hope.
He also won the 1933 National Hunt Chase on Ergo.
Perry died on December 27, 1981, age 76. He left £141,079