Lieutenant General Sir Alistair Irwin KCB CBE

Lieutenant General Sir Alistair Irwin KCB CBE was commissioned into The Black Watch in 1970 after graduating from St Andrews University. He commanded 1st Battalion The Black Watch in Northern Ireland, Edinburgh and West Berlin. His last four appointments in the Army were Commandant of the Royal Military College of Science, Military Secretary, General Officer Commanding Northern Ireland and then finally Adjutant General, retiring from the Army in 2005.  He has also written extensively on military theory and history.