James Harrison | |
Birth Date: | 1 October 1880 |
Death Date: | [1] |
Allegiance: | United Kingdom |
Birth Place: | Welshpool, Montgomeryshire, Wales[2] |
Death Place: | Chelsea, London, England |
Serviceyears: | 1900–1941 |
Servicenumber: | 26140 |
Branch: | British Army |
Commands: | 55th (West Lancashire) Division Royal School of Artillery 2nd Anti-Aircraft Division |
Battles: | First World War Second World War |
Awards: | Companion of the Order of the Bath Distinguished Service Order |
Major-General James Murray Robert Harrison CB DSO (1 October 1880 – 30 December 1957) was a British Army officer who became Lieutenant Governor of Jersey.
Harrison was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1900 and served in the First World War.
After attendimg the Staff College, Camberley, he was appointed Commander Royal Artillery for the 55th (West Lancashire) Division in 1930, Commandant of the Royal School of Artillery at Larkhill in 1932, and Major-General Royal Artillery in India in 1935.[3]
He went on to be General Officer Commanding 2nd Anti-Aircraft Division in 1936.[3] In 1939, he became Lieutenant Governor of Jersey but held the role only until June 1940 when the island came under German occupation.[3] [4] He retired in 1941.[3]
In 1925, he married Stella Mary Travers-Smith.[5]
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