Arthur William Allen Harker
Arthur William Allen Harker CBE was a British soldier who served in both World Wars, and in the latter was a Brigadier 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. His older brother was Oswald Allen Harker, later Deputy Director General of MI5. He was educated at Cheltenham College and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich.
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.
