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Sir Ernest Dunlop Swinton : Major-General who was an Author

Kavishala DailyKavishala Daily October 21, 2021
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“The fighter who give their all will be around next year.

Don’t save anything.

Give it all you got.” 

– George Foreman 

Kavishala presents a brief biography of Major-General Sir Ernest Dunlop Swinton, KBE,CB,DSO who was born on 21st of Oct,1868 in Bengaluru India and a British Army officer who played a part in the development and adoption of the tank during the World War I.

Although being a war correspondent and Author of several short stories on military themes. He is credited, along with fellow officer Lieutenant-Colonel Walter Dally Jones, having initiated the use of the word "tank" as a code-name for the first tracked, and armoured fighting vehicles. He had published several books of non-fiction and fiction including two books under the pseudonym O'le Luk-Oie. 

Come on let's read what Major-General says -

I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General

 I am the very model of a modern Major-General,

    I’ve information vegetable, animal, and mineral,

    I know the kings of England, and I quote the fights historical

    From Marathon to Waterloo, in order categorical;

    I’m very well acquainted, too, with matters mathematical,

    I understand equations, both the simple and quadratical,

    About binomial theorem I’m teeming with a lot o’ news,

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