Arthur Swinson

Arthur Swinson

Arthur H. Swinson (c.1915–1970) was a British Army officer, writer, playwright, and historian.

Born in St Albans, Hertfordshire, Swinson attended St Albans School. He enlisted in the Rifle Brigade in 1939 and in 1940 was commissioned into the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment. He served until 1946, with postings in Malaya, Burma, Assam and Indiacite web|url=http://www.selectbooks.com.sg/getTitle.cfm?SBNum=33891|title=Defeat in Malaya - The Fall of Singapore|work=Select Books Online|accessdate=2007-08-26] during World War II. He served at Kohima, India. He subsequently became a writer and producer at the BBC where he produced a number of programmes for Richard Attenborough.

In 1966 Swinson wrote and published "Kohima," an account of the Battle of Kohima which was fought from April to June, 1943 and in which he was a participant. The preface states that Field Marshall William Slim directed Swinson to ensure that Kohima and Imphal are described as twin battles fought under Slim's 14th Army. This Swinson does. Ultimately, however, the book focuses on the experience of the British 2nd Infantry Division. The book is a good adjunct to Slim's "Defeat Into Victory" and Masters' "Road Past Mandalay."

References

Bibliography

* "Writing for Television Today". A & C Black 1965
* "Sergeant Corks Casebook". Arrow 1965
* "Casebook of Medical Detection;;. Peter Davies 1965
* "North-West Frontier,". Frederick A. Praeger, New York, Washington, 1967
* "Siege of Saragoda,", Corgi Books
* "Four Samurai : A Quartet Of Japanese Army Commanders In The Second World War". Hutchinson 1968
* "Commanders in the Second World War". Hutchinson 1968
* "The Memoirs of Private Waterfield". Cassell 1968 ( with Donald Scott)
* "Defeat in Malaya - the fall of Singapore", Ballantine Books, New York, 1970
* "Six Minutes to Sunset". Peter Davies 1964
* "Scotch on the Rocks". Reprinted Luath Press 2005
* "The Temple". Michael Joseph 1970
* "Beyond the Frontiers". Hutchinson 1971
* "Defeat in Malaya: The Fall of Singapore". Ballantine 1970
* "Frederick Sander: The Orchid King". Hodder & Stoughton 1970
* "A Register of the Regiments and Corps of the British Army". Archive Press 1972
* "Wingate in Peace and War an account of the Chindit Commander". MacDonald 1972
* "Mountbatten". Pan/Ballantine 1973
* "Guadalcanal: Island Ordeal". Ballantine 1973


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