Harvey was commissioned into the
Royal Air Force on 15 September 1924. He served in the
Second World War as officer commanding,
RAF Hunsdon from 1941, officer commanding, No. 335 Wing in
Sicily from September 1943 and as officer commanding, No. 286 Wing from January 1944. He went on to be Senior Air Staff Officer, Air Headquarters Eastern Mediterranean in March 1944 and Deputy Senior Air Staff Officer, at Headquarters
Middle East Command in May 1944. His last appointment was as Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Training) in January 1956 before retiring in October 1958. ==References==