Alexander Birtwistle
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Alexander Birtwistle
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Brigadier Alexander Frederick Birtwistle CBE is a retired British Army officer who is most well known for his role in the 2001 United Kingdom foot-and-mouth outbreak. Alex Birtwistle was born in Accrington and attended Lancaster Royal Grammar School. He joined the Army as a university cadet at Cambridge University in 1967 and was commissioned into the Queen's Lancashire Regiment following his graduation in 1970. He then saw service in Cyprus, Nigeria, Northern Ireland and Germany and as an aide-
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British Army officer
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Birtwistle
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2023-09-25T18:00:51Z
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