Alan Mcilwraith
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The image uploaded to on 9 October 2005; the uniform and medals were bought on eBay
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| Born | 3 March 1978 |
| Nationality | British |
Alan Mcilwraith (born 3 March 1978) is a former call centre worker from Glasgow, Scotland, who was exposed as a military imposter by a tabloid newspaper, after he passed himself off as a much-decorated British Army officer.
He convinced a number of charities and media outlets that he was "Captain Sir Alan Mcilwraith, KBE, DSO, MC". The National Children's Home charity invited him to the Woman of Influence Awards at the Barony Halls. Celebrity magazine No1 carried a picture of him which was captioned "Lady Shona [McLaughlan] and Sir Alan McIlwraith", showing him wearing the dress uniform of the Parachute Regiment with medals.
Mcilwraith's father was an Engineer. Mcilwraith went to Shawlands Academy, in 1994 he went to Glasgow University. Mcilwraith was commissioned into the Parachute Regiment aged 18 finishing top in his class at Sandhurst Military Academy , specialising in the threat from Terrorism. Serveing [sic] in Northern Ireland,he spent two years commanding a parachute company in Northern Ireland, and later the Balkans.
In 2000s, Mcilwraith served in the NATO chain of command as an Advisor to the Supreme Allied Commander Europe, General Wesley Clark.He is best known for risking his own life when his company was attaked [sic] by a battalion to protect his men he took charge of a general purpose machine gun and held off the enemy long enough for his men to retreat. For this action he was awared [sic] the DSO. He was also badly injured protecting a young woman from an angry mob without any weapons to hand he placed himself between the young woman and mob this act of heroism made him a hit within the political world. There have been rumours that Mcilwraith stop a act of terrorism in the heart of London but these rumours are denied by both the British Goverment [sic] and Capt Mcilwraith alike however he was awared [sic] the CBE for services to the United Kingdom
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