Died 1957 Rank Major-General Years of service 1900 - 1941 | Service/branch British Army Allegiance United Kingdom Name James Harrison | |
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Commands held 55th Division
Royal School of Artillery
2nd Anti-Aircraft Division | ||
Major-General James Murray Robert Harrison CB DSO (1 October 1880 – 1957) was a British Army officer who became Lieutenant Governor of Jersey.
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Military career
Harrison was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1900 and served in the First World War. He was appointed Commander Royal Artillery for the 55th Division in 1930, Commandant of the Royal School of Artillery at Larkhill in 1932, and Major-General Royal Artillery in India in 1935.
He went on to be General Officer Commanding 2nd Anti-Aircraft Division in 1936. In 1939, he became Lieutenant Governor of Jersey but held the role only until June 1940 when the island came under German occupation. He retired in 1941.
Family
In 1925, he married Stella Mary Travers-Smith.
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