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Major-General Sir Ernest Swinton

Ernest Dunlop b: xx xxx xxxx r: xx xxx 1938 d: xx xxx xxxx

KCB - 2 Jun 1923 (CB - 12 Feb 1917), DSO - 27 Sep 1901, MiD - 10 Sep 1901, LoH, C - 15 Apr 1916.

For a list of foreign decoration abbreviations, click here

(Army): - 2 Lt: 17 Feb 1888, Lt: xx xxx xxxx, Capt: xx xxx xxxx, Maj: 31 Dec 1906. (T) Lt Col: 9 Sep 1914, (T) Col: 19 Mar 1916, Bt Col: 1 Jan 1917, Brig-Gen: xx xxx xxxx, (T) Maj-Gen: 3 Jan 1918.

(RAF): - Maj-Gen: xx xxx 1919,

xx xxx xxxx: Gentleman Cadet, RMA Woolwich.

17 Feb 1888: Officer, Royal Engineers.

1 Apr 1905: Staff Captain, HQ ?

1 Feb 1907: Chief Instructor, Royal Military Academy, Woolwich.

5 Aug 1914: Deputy Director of Railway Transport (graded as Assistant Adjutant-General)

9 Sep 1914: GSO II

19 Jul 1915: Secretary, Committee for Imperial Defence (graded as GSO I)

19 Mar 1916: Employed on Special Duties.

xx xxx xxxx: Assistant Secretary, Committee of Imperial Defence.

3 Jan 1918: Special Appointment

xx xxx xxxx: Colonel Commandant, Royal Tank Corps

xx xxx 1919: Controller of Information Department of the Controller-General of Civil Aviation

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