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James Murray Irwin
Born(1858-02-13)13 February 1858
Manorcunningham, County Donegal, Ireland
Died7 November 1938(1938-11-07) (aged 80)
Bideford, Devon, England
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service / branch British Army
Years of service1881-1919
RankMajor General
UnitRoyal Army Medical Corps

Major-General Sir James Murray Irwin KCMG CB[1] (13 February 1858 – 7 November 1938) was a British Army doctor, who served in Sudan, the Second Boer War and World War I.

Education

He was born in Manorcunningham, County Donegal, Ireland. In 1875, he studied medicine at Trinity College Dublin.

Career

Irwin joined the Royal Army Medical Corps at Netley in 1881 and was commissioned as surgeon captain[2] posted to Dublin in February 1882. He was then posted to India in September 1883.

He was subsequently posted to Dublin in 1890, Gibraltar in 1891 and Brighton in 1897.

In February 1894, he was promoted surgeon major .

Posted to Brighton in 1897. Posted to Sudan, Medical Officer, Atbara, Battle of Omdurman 1898. Posted to Expedition in Crete 1899. Served as Medical Officer on troopship HMS Verona and then posted to Dublin also in 1899.

Irwin was posted to South Africa in 1900, for service during the Second Boer War, and was promoted to lieutenant colonel on 4 February 1902.[3] Following the end of hostilities in June 1902, he left Cape Town for England and returned to Southampton in early August.[4]

He was then posted to Aldershot, and became Assistant to Surgeon General McNamara in 1903.

Posted to War Office as Assistant Director General 1906. Posted to Tientsin, North China 1910.

Promoted Colonel and posted to Hong Kong as Deputy Director of Medical Services, South China 1911.

Travelled around the world 1913.

London establishing the new King George V Hospital, Waterloo 1914. France Deputy Director of Medical Services, Rouen 1915. Director of Medical Services 3rd Army 1916.

Promoted Temporary Surgeon General April 1916.

He returned to England in 1919.

After World War I he retired to Bideford, North Devon where his wife had purchased a house. He died on 7 November 1938(1938-11-07) (aged 80).

Family

He married Nora Conlan, daughter of Thomas Conlan, Q.C., of Allahabad, 26 July 1884 and they had a daughter born 31 October 1885, Edna Florine.

Sources

  • Irwin, James Murray (1935). Memoirs of Major General Sir James Murray Irwin. unpublished. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  • "Obituary of Major General Sir Murray Irwin". Obituaries. The Times. London. 8 November 1938. col d, p. 16. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help)
  • "Irwin, Major.-Gen. Sir James Murray" . Thom's Irish Who's Who . Dublin: Alexander Thom and Son Ltd. 1923. pp. 115-116  – via Wikisource.

References

  1. ^ "No. 29886". The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 29 December 1916. p. 2.
  2. ^ "No. 25082". The London Gazette. 10 March 1882. p. 1066.
  3. ^ "No. 27408". The London Gazette. 18 February 1902. p. 1039.
  4. ^ "The Army in South Africa - Troops returning homes". The Times. No. 36826. London. 22 July 1902. p. 11. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help)
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