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Arthur Swinson


Born
in St. Albans, The United Kingdom
January 01, 1915

Died
January 01, 1970

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Arthur Horace Swinson (1915–1970) was a British Army officer, writer, playwright, and historian. A prolific playwright, he authored more 300 works.

Swinson was born in St Albans, Hertfordshire, to Hugh Swinson and Lilla Fisher Swinson. He attended St Albans School. He enlisted in the Rifle Brigade in 1939 and in 1940 was commissioned into the Worcestershire Regiment. In the Far East, he fought at the 1944 Battle of Kohima as a staff captain with the British 5th Brigade, which commanded the 7th Battalion of his regiment. 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 during World War II. In 1949, he subsequently became a writer and producer
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The Raiders: Desert Strike ...

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Kohima

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Scotch on the Rocks: The Tr...

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Defeat In Malaya, The Fall ...

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Mountbatten (Ballantine's i...

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NORTH-WEST FRONTIER. People...

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Sergeant Cork's Casebook

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Four samurai: A quartet of ...

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A register of the regiments...

4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1972 — 3 editions
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Frederick Sander: The Orchi...

it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1970 — 2 editions
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