E. D. Swinton (1868–1951)
Author of The Defence of Duffer's Drift
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Image credit: Image from Tanks, 1914-1918; the log-book of a pioneer (1919) by Sir Albert Gerald Stern
Works by E. D. Swinton
Eyewitness: Being Personal Reminiscences of Certain Phases of the Great War, Including the Genesis of the Tank… (2015) 4 copies
The Great Tab Dope and Other Stories 3 copies
Eye Witness’s Narrative of the War from the Marne to Neuve Chapelle 1 September, 1914-March 1915 [Illustrated… (2015) 3 copies
A Year Ago: Eye-Witness's Narrative of the War from March 20th to July 18th, 1915 [Illustrated Edition] (2015) 2 copies
A summer night's dream 1 copy
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- Legal name
- Swinton, Ernest Dunlop
- Other names
- Forethought, Lieutenant Backsight (pseudonym)
O'le Luk-Oie [Olaf shut-eye] (pseudonym) - Birthdate
- 1868-10-21
- Date of death
- 1951-01-15
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- UK
- Occupations
- soldier
author
professor - Organizations
- British Army
Royal Tank Corps - Short biography
- Major General Sir Earnest D. Swinton, K.B.E., C.B., D.S.O., was a noted English soldier, author and professor. Considered by Field Marshal Earl Wavell as one of the most far-sighted officers the British Army has produced, he wrote before World War I on the effects of air warfare, mining and of psychological warfare. In 1914, Sir Swinton completely revolutionized warfare by his invention of the tank; he, more than anyone else, was responsible for its introduction and development.
He served as Professor of Military Histoy at Oxford from 1925 to 1939, and later as Commandant of the Royal Tank Corps from 1934 to 1938 - earning the rank of Major General.
As a Captain, shortly after sevice in the Boer War, he wrote "The Defence of Duffer's Drift," using the pseudonym, Lieutenant Backsight Forethought, or BF. Duffer's Drift has become a military classic on minor tactics in this century. In addition to Duffer's Drift, and contributing to many journals, he authored The Green Curve in 1909 and The Great Tab Dope in 1915, under the pseudonym O'le Luk-Oie (Olaf shut-eye). His other works include The Study Of War in 1926 and his final publication, An Eastern Odyssey written in 1935.
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