Arthur Swinson (1915–1970)
Author of The Raiders: Desert Strike Force
About the Author
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- Legal name
- Swinson, Arthur Horace
- Other names
- Swinson, Arthur
- Birthdate
- 1915
- Date of death
- 1970
- Gender
- male
- Education
- St. Albans School
- Occupations
- soldier (British Army Officer)
playwright
author - Organizations
- British Army
BBC - Short biography
- Born in St Albans, Hertfordshire, Swinson attended St Albans School. He enlisted in the Rifle Brigade in 1939 and in 1940 was commissioned into the Worcestershire Regiment. With the Worcestershire Regiment he fought at Kohima. The diaries he kept during the battle are now lodged in the Imperial War Museum. He served until 1946, with postings in Malaya, Burma, Assam and India[1] during World War II. He served at Kohima, India. He subsequently became a writer and producer at the BBC where he produced a number of programmes for Richard Attenborough.
- Nationality
- UK
- Birthplace
- St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England, UK
- Places of residence
- St Albans, Hertfordshire, England, UK
- Associated Place (for map)
- Hertfordshire, England, UK
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This is a pedestrian analysis of British India's Afghanistan problem. It is a good fact book, and a clear framework to organize more focused accounts.
A great book written by one who was there in the thick of it. Great detail
As you would expect from one who was there he also gets D.I.S. Correct,
It’s Daily Issue Store - not Detail Issue Store
As you would expect from one who was there he also gets D.I.S. Correct,
It’s Daily Issue Store - not Detail Issue Store
The real story of the grounding of the s.s. Politician, immortalised in the novel of Compton Mackenzie and an Ealing Comedy film.
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