World War I
Irwin graduated from Sandhurst in 1912 and was appointed as a second lieutenant in the Essex Regiment. During the later years of the First World War, Irwin saw action in France, serving as the commanding officer of the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the Lincolnshire Regiment and the 8th Battalion of the Leicestershire Regiment.
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