| 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 being awarded the Military Cross in February 1915. Then, as a captain, he succeeded Richard O'Connor as brigade major of the 91st Infantry Brigade in May 1917, and was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) in February 1918. The citation for the medal appeared in The London Gazette in July that year and reads as follows:
Harter was Mentioned in dispatches five times and was awarded the Croix de guerre in November 1918.
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]