Charles Arundel Murcott "Joe" Moody, OBE (15 April 1917, London – 11 January 2009, West Palm Beach, Florida) was a Black British soldier who was the first commanding officer (Lt. Col.) of the 3rd Battalion Regiment of the Jamaica Regiment.

Harold was a medical doctor and the political activist who founded the League of Coloured Peoples (LCP).

[3] Having attended an Officer Cadet Training Unit, Moody was commissioned in the Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment (RWK), British Army, on 20 April 1940 as a second lieutenant.

[7] On 15 April 1967, he relinquished his commission having attained the age limit for officers and was allowed to retain the honorary rank of major.

[1] In addition to Syracuse, he lived in Rochester, Michigan, Tonawanda, New York, before finally moving to West Palm Beach, Florida.