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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|British Army general (1871–1960)}}<br />
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|honorific_prefix = [[Lieutenant-general (United Kingdom)|Lieutenant-general]]<br />
|name= Sir Bertram Richard Kirwan<br />
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|battles=[[World War I]]<br />
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|allegiance= United Kingdom<br />
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|birth_date=17 May 1871<br />
|death_date={{death date and age|5 April 1960|17 May 1871|df=y}}<br />
|birth_place=[[Honiton]], [[Devon]]<br />
|death_place= [[Salisbury]], [[Wiltshire]]<br />
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[[Lieutenant-general (United Kingdom)|Lieutenant-general]] '''Sir Bertram Richard Kirwan''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|KCB|CMG}} (17 May 1871 – 5 April 1960) was a senior British Army officer who became [[Master-General of the Ordnance (India)|Master-General of the Ordnance]] in India.<br />
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==Military career==<br />
Educated at [[Felsted School]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/2483/2483530/2483530.html|title=Bertram Richard Kirwan|publisher=Cricket Archive|access-date=8 November 2025}}</ref> Kirwan was commissioned into the [[Royal Artillery]] on 25 July 1890.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=26075|page=4224|date=1 August 1890}}</ref><br />
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He saw service in the [[First World War]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/2610032|title=Bertram Richard Kirwan|publisher=Imperial War Museum|access-date=8 November 2025}}</ref> becoming a brigadier general, Royal Artillery, in June 1916, and was granted the temporary rank of brigadier general while employed in this role.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=29667|page=6985|date=14 July 1916}}</ref><br />
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He became Major-General, Royal Artillery in Bengal in May 1929 and [[Master-General of the Ordnance (India)|Master-General of the Ordnance]] in India in April 1930 before retiring in April 1934.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201900-2011.pdf |title=Army Commands |accessdate=27 June 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150705211343/http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201900-2011.pdf |archivedate=5 July 2015 }}</ref><br />
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He was appointed a [[Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George]] on 1 January 1916<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=29438|page=566|date=11 January 1916|supp=y}}</ref> and a [[Companion of the Order of the Bath]] on 3 June 1918.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=30716|page=6452|date=31 May 1918|supp=y}}</ref> He was advanced to a [[Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath]] in the [[1934 Birthday Honours]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=34056|page=3557|date=1 June 1934}}</ref><br />
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