Jack Harman (British Army officer)


Sir Jack Harman

Nickname(s)"Jackie"
Born(1920-07-20)20 July 1920
Farnham, Surrey, England
Died28 December 2009(2009-12-28) (aged 89)
Dinton, Wiltshire, England
Military career
Allegiance United Kingdom
Branch British Army
Years of service1940–1981
RankGeneral
Service number123536
Unit2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays)
1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards
CommandsDeputy Supreme Allied Commander, Europe (1978–1981)
1st (British) Corps (1974–1976)
Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (1972–1973)
1st Division (1970–1972)
11th Infantry Brigade Group (1965–1966)
1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards (1960–1962)
Battles / warsSecond World War
AwardsKnight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
Officer of the Order of the British Empire
Military Cross

General Sir Jack Wentworth Harman, GCB, OBE, MC (20 July 1920 – 28 December 2009) was a British Army officer who served as Adjutant-General to the Forces from 1976 to 1978. He began his military career in 1940, serving in The Queen's Bays for the majority of his early career and saw service with them during Second World War in the Middle East, Europe and Africa. Following the war Harman held various appointments at regimental, divisional and corps, level rising to fulfil the role of Adjutant-General to the Forces in 1976. His final position was as Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe, which he held until retirement in 1981. In later life he served as a director of an insurance brokers and vice-chairman of the National Army Museum and the Automobile Association before he died in 2009, at the age of 89.