| James Harter | |
| Birth Date: | 1888 |
| Death Date: | 1960 (aged 71−72) |
| Allegiance: |  United Kingdom |
| Serviceyears: | 1907–1943 |
| Servicenumber: | 1935 |
| Rank: | Major General |
| Unit: | Royal Fusiliers |
| Commands: | 5th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment |
| Battles: | World War I World War II |
| Awards: | Distinguished Service Order Military Cross Mentioned in dispatches (5) Croix de guerre |
Major General James Francis Harter DSO MC (1888–1960) was a British Army officer who became colonel of the Royal Fusiliers.
Harter was commissioned into the Royal Fusiliers, after having graduated from the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, in October 1907.
Harter served with his regiment in World War I, being wounded in 1914[1] and then, as a captain, being awarded the Distinguished Service Order in 1918. The citation for the medal appeared in The London Gazette in July and reads as follows:
Attending the Staff College, Camberley from 1924 to 1925, during World War II he commanded a formation in the North Midlands.[2] He later served as colonel of the Royal Fusiliers.[3]