Ernest Dunlop Swinton
British Army general
Died when: 82 years 86 days (986 months)Star Sign: Scorpio
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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