Ernest Swinton

Ernest Dunlop Swinton
Ernest Dunlop Swinton
	Ernest Dunlop Swinton
Born	21 October 1868; Bangalore, India
Died	15 January 1951 (aged 82); Oxford, Oxfordshire
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	Royal Engineers
Years of service	1888–1919
Rank	Major General
Battles/wars	Second Boer War; First World War;
Awards	Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire; Companion of the Order of the Bath; Distinguished Service Order;
Other work	Air Ministry; Citroën; Chichele Professor of Military History at Oxford University; Colonel Commandant of the Royal Tank Corps;

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. He is credited, along with fellow officer Lieutenant-Colonel Walter Dally Jones, with having initiated the use of the word "tank" as a code-name for the first tracked, armoured fighting vehicles.

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