James Murray Irwin

Infobox Military Person
name=Sir James Murray Irwin


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born=birth date|1858|2|13
died=death date and age|1938|11|7|1858|2|13
placeofbirth=Manorcunningham, County Donegal, Ireland
placeofdeath=Bideford, Devon, England
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branch=Army
serviceyears=1881-1919
rank=Major General
unit=Royal Army Medical Corps
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Major General Sir James Murray Irwin KCMG CB MD BCH (1858–1938), British Army doctor, who served in Sudan, the Boer War and the Great War was born in Manorcunningham, Co. Donegal, Ireland on birth date|1858|2|13.

An outline of his career is as follows:

After the Great War he retired to Bideford, North Devon where his wife had purchased a house. He died on death date and age|1938|11|7|1858|2|13.

Sources

* cite book
last = Irwin
first = James Murray
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title = Memoirs of Major General Sir James Murray Irwin
publisher = unpublished
date = 1935
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* Cite newspaper The Times
articlename= Obituary of Major General Sir Murray Irwin
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section= Obituaries
day_of_week= Tue
date= 8 Nov 1938
page_number= 16
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External links

* [http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/locreg/IRWIN.shtml Entry in King's College London Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives]

Persondata
NAME= Irwin, Sir James Murray
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SHORT DESCRIPTION= British Army doctor
DATE OF BIRTH=1858-2-13
PLACE OF BIRTH=Manorcunningham, County Donegal, Ireland
DATE OF DEATH=1938-11-7
PLACE OF DEATH=Bideford, Devon, England