Arrest British “No 1 Policeman” In Berlin
(Rec. 2.25 p.m.) LONDON, Dec. 20.
The British authorities on December 15 arrested the deputy-Provost Marshal (Lieut.-Colonel T. C. Irvine) the “No 1 policeman in Berlin,” says the “Daily Mail’s” correspondent. . The charges against Irvine, who is confined under close arrest in private quarters in the British zone, are not yet disclosgd.
Meanwhile, a widespread investigation is being made into suspected violations of Army regulations by officers stationed in Berlin. The correspondent says that Irvine was a member of the Eighth Army, who served with distinction in the Western Desert. He was one of the best known and most popular officers in the Berlin garrison, and commanded for the last five months the British military police, force in Berlin. He led all major raids on the notorious German black market in the Tiergarten.
Irvine, on December 15, used tanks and armoured cars manned by Hussars in a round-up which led to many important arrests.
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Northern Advocate, 21 December 1945, Page 6
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