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Thomas Alexander Irvine
Colonel Thomas Alexander Irvine DSO TD DL (24 June 1907 – 5 May 1963) was a Scottish career soldier and former Commander of the 7th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment, leading the capture of Mandalay, Burma, during World War II.
Irvine was born in Dalziel, Motherwell, into the family of the iron and steel merchants Irvine Brothers of Glasgow. He was the son of Thomas Alexander Irvine and Elizabeth Younger Bowman Irvine. He was educated at the Hamilton Academy.
May 1932 - commissioned into the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) Territorial Army, joining the 6th (Lanarkshire) Battalion, the Cameronians as a 2nd Lieutenant
May 1935 - promoted to Lieutenant
June 1937 - promoted to Captain
September 1939 – promoted to Major, and second-in-command of the 10th Cameronians
October 1942 – August 1945 - held the rank of T/Lieutenant-Colonel
February 1945 - took command of the 7th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment at Legyi, Burma
Thomas Alexander Irvine
Colonel Thomas Alexander Irvine DSO TD DL (24 June 1907 – 5 May 1963) was a Scottish career soldier and former Commander of the 7th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment, leading the capture of Mandalay, Burma, during World War II.
Irvine was born in Dalziel, Motherwell, into the family of the iron and steel merchants Irvine Brothers of Glasgow. He was the son of Thomas Alexander Irvine and Elizabeth Younger Bowman Irvine. He was educated at the Hamilton Academy.
May 1932 - commissioned into the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) Territorial Army, joining the 6th (Lanarkshire) Battalion, the Cameronians as a 2nd Lieutenant
May 1935 - promoted to Lieutenant
June 1937 - promoted to Captain
September 1939 – promoted to Major, and second-in-command of the 10th Cameronians
October 1942 – August 1945 - held the rank of T/Lieutenant-Colonel
February 1945 - took command of the 7th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment at Legyi, Burma