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James Harrison (British Army officer)

Major-General James Murray Robert Harrison, (1 October 1880 – 30 December 1957) was a British Army officer who served as Lieutenant Governor of Jersey from 1939 to 1940.

Military career

Harrison was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1900 and served in the First World War. After attending 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.

Harrison 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 October 1940.

Family

In 1925, Harrison married Stella Mary Travers-Smith.

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