Sir James Murray Irwin | |
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Born | 13 February 1858 Manorcunningham, County Donegal, Ireland |
Died | 7 November 1938 Bideford, Devon, England |
(aged 80)
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/branch | British Army |
Years of service | 1881-1919 |
Rank | Major General |
Unit | Royal Army Medical Corps |
Major General Sir James Murray Irwin KCMG CB MD BCH (1858–1938), British Army doctor, who served in Sudan, the Boer War and World War I was born in Manorcunningham, Co. Donegal, Ireland on 13 February 1858 .
An outline of his career is as follows:
Autumn 1875 | Trinity College Dublin studying medicine |
Autumn 1881 | Joined Royal Army Medical Corps at Netley |
February 1882 | Commissioned as Surgeon Captain posted to Dublin |
September 1883 | Posted to India |
26 July 1884 | Married Nora Conlan, daughter of Thomas Conlan, Q.C., of Allahabad |
31 October 1885 | Daughter Edna Florine born |
1890 | Posted to Dublin |
Autumn 1891 | Posted to Gibraltar |
Feb 1894 | Promoted Surgeon Major |
1897 | Posted to Brighton |
1898 | Posted to Sudan, Medical Officer, Atbara, Battle of Omdurman |
1899 | Posted to Expedition in Crete |
1899 | Medical Officer on troopship HMS Verona |
1899 | Posted to Dublin |
February 1900 | Posted to South Africa for the Boer War |
February 1902 | Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel |
1903 | Posted to Aldershot, Assistant to Surgeon General McNamara |
1906 | Posted to War Office as Assistant Director General |
1910 | Posted to Tientsin, North China |
December 1911 | Promoted Colonel and posted to Hong Kong as Deputy Director of Medical Services, South China |
1913 | Travelled round the world. |
1914 | London establishing the new King George V Hospital, Waterloo |
1915 | France Deputy Director of Medical Services, Rouen |
1916 | Director of Medical Services 3rd Army |
April 1916 | Promoted Temporary Surgeon General |
1919 | Returned to England |
After World War I he retired to Bideford, North Devon where his wife had purchased a house. He died on 7 November 1938 (aged 80).