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Major-General Sir Ernest Dunlop Swinton, KBE, CB, DSO (21 October 1868 – 15 January 1951) 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.
Sir Ernest Dunlop Swinton (1868-1951) was one of the driving forces behind the creation and adoption of the tank by the British during the First World War. Sponsored Links. Born in Bangalore, India in 1868, Swinton was commissioned into the Corps of Royal Engineers in 1888.
Sir Ernest Dunlop Swinton. 1868-1951. British inventor, writer, and member of the military. One of the originators of the tank, he is responsible for the use the word tank to describe armored vehicles used for war purposes. He later became professor of military history at Oxford University (1925-39).
1904. Pages. 39. The Defence of Duffer's Drift is a short 1904 book by the British Army officer Ernest Swinton. Lieutenant Backsight Forethought (BF) and his command of fifty men are given the task to defend Duffer's Drift, a natural ford to a river. A large force of Boers, unknown to BF, is moving toward his position.
- Ernest Dunlop Swinton
- 1904
Mar 16, 2008 · Project Gutenberg's The Defence of Duffer's Drift, by Ernest Dunlop Swinton This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net.
May 3, 2024 · Major General Sir Ernest Dunlop Swinton, KBE, CB, DSO, RE was a military writer and British Army officer. Swinton is credited with influencing the development and adoption of the tank by the British during the First World War. He is also known for popularizing the term "no-mans land".
Sep 16, 2016 · Early in the war, British Army Colonel Ernest Swinton proposed the development of an armored vehicle that could traverse difficult terrain, and First Lord of the Admiralty Winston Churchill...
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