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Sir William Canning Harrison was a military officer who served as Commander of the Commonwealth forces in  between 1911 and 1919; Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces on the continent during  (alongside n general  until 1917 and  general  after 1918); and as  of  between 1916 and 1924, first under the military administration, and later as Resident. He has frequently been called one of the most accomplished and capable generals in Antarctic history.

Born in British-controlled India, Harrison's military career took him around Asia and Africa in the 1880s before he was assigned to in 1890, during the. He became enamoured with the continent, and requested a permanent position in the British Antarctic colonies, which he was granted in the form of a post in rural, where uprisings were still problematic. Harrison rose swiftly through the ranks, and by the turn of the century he held a high position in the British Army's Antarctic headquarters in,.

A dispute with the high command over the Army's handling of the lead to Harrison's reassignment to rural, widely considered the most untamed region in all of British Antarctica. He made General in 1907, and returned to Cookstown, where he was made the Commander of all Commonwealth Forces in Antarctica four years later, after the retirement of. In 1914, the advent of made Harrison, along with n general, one of the Supreme Allied Commanders on the continent.

Harrison and Gavrilov's intense rivalry and mutual distrust created political infighting among the Allied commanders, giving the ns a slight head-start on war preparations; though when they were finally able to organize themselves they proved to be a formidable force. In 1916, New Swabia capitulated, and Harrison took charge of it's occupation (much to Gavrilov's chagrin). Following the Treaty of Versailles in 1919, the region became a British Mandate, and Harrison resigned his Command to continue his administration until 1924, when he retired.