Arthur William Allen Harker (7 September 1890 – 23 January 1960) was a British soldier who served in both World Wars, and in the latter was a

Brigadier Brigadier is a military rank, the seniority of which depends on the country. In some countries, it is a senior rank above colonel, equivalent to a brigadier general or commodore, typically commanding a brigade of several thousand soldiers. In ...

in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps. He was the son of James Allen Harker, professor at the Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester and his wife

Lizzie Allen Harker Lizzie Allen Harker (née Watson; 1863 – 14 April 1933) was an English author. Amongst her works are the play '' Marigold'' (with Francis R. Pryor), which was turned into a 1938 film '' Marigold''. It was also broadcast on 22 May 1943 as one ...

. His older brother was Oswald Allen Harker, later Deputy Director General of MI5. He was educated at

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and the

Royal Military Academy, Woolwich The Royal Military Academy (RMA) at Woolwich, in south-east London, was a British Army military academy for the training of commissioned officers of the Royal Artillery and Royal Engineers. It later also trained officers of the Royal Corps of Sig ...

. In 1919 he married Mabel Violet Jeans, daughter of Maj. Gen. Charles Gilchrist Jeans CB. They had no children. He was appointed CBE in 1941.

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British Army Officer Histories 1939-1945
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