Ernest Swinton
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 74 years ago |
| Date of birth | October 21,1868 |
| Zodiac sign | Libra |
| Born | Bengaluru |
| India | |
| Date of died | January 15,1951 |
| Died | Oxford |
| United Kingdom | |
| Battles and wars | Second Boer War |
| First World War | |
| Years of service | 1888–1919 |
| Nationality | British |
| Awards | Order of the British Empire |
| Order of the Bath | |
| Distinguished Service Order | |
| Current partner | Grace Louisa Clayton |
| Education | University College School Junior Branch |
| Children | Robert Clayton Swinton |
| John Liulf Swinton | |
| Margaret Elizabeth Swinton | |
| Parents | Elizabeth Dorothy Rundall |
| Robert Blair Swinton | |
| Books | The Defence of Duffer's Drift |
| The tanks | |
| The Study of War: An Inaugural Lecture Delivered Before the University of Oxford on 23 February 1926 | |
| Twenty Years After; the Battlefields of 1914-18: Then and Now | |
| The Russian Army and the Japanese War: Being Historical and Critical Comments on the Military Policy and Power of Russia and on the Campaign in the Far East | |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 721719 |
Ernest Swinton Life story
Major-General Sir Ernest Dunlop Swinton, KBE, CB, DSO was a British Army officer who played a part in the development and adoption of the tank during the First World War. He was also a war correspondent and author of several short stories on military themes.