director of Fosters and Major Walter Gordon Wilson; however, Swinton was awarded £1,000 for his contribution. By 1918, the War Office had received 2,100 Holt tractors. In April 1918, while on a tour of the US, Swinton visited Stockton, California to publicly honour Benjamin Holt and the company for their contribution to the war effort and to relay Britain's gratitude to the inventor. Benjamin Holt was recognised by the General at a public meeting held in Stockton. Post-war In 1919 Swinton retired as a Major General. He subsequently served in the Civil Aviation department at the Air Ministry. He thereafter joined Citroën in 1922 as a director. He was Chichele Professor of Military History at the University of Oxford and a fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, from 1925 to 1939; he was also a Colonel Commandant of the Royal Tank Corps from 1934 to 1938. In 1938, he edited Twenty Years After: the Battlefields of 1914–18: then and Now, a publication of George Newnes Limited. This was planned for issue in 20 parts but ultimately amounted to 42. The magazine-style publication contained wartime and present-day (ca. 1938) images of France. Family life Swinton married Grace Louise Clayton in 1897 and they had two sons and a daughter. His daughter died in a road accident during the Second World War. Swinton died in Oxford on 15 January 1951. Honours and awards DSO : Companion of the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) – 29 November 1900 – in recognition of services during operations in South Africa. CB : Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) – 12 February 1917 – in recognition of services during the war. KBE : Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire – 2 June 1923 – in the King's Birthday Honours. Croix de Chevalier of the Legion of Honour – 1916 – in recognition of distinguished service during the campaign Works Eyewitness : Being Personal Reminicsences of Certain Phases of the Great War, Including the Genesis of the Tank (London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1932) See also Clan Swinton References Bibliography Swinton, Ernest (under the pseudonym "Lieutenant Backsight Forethought"), The Defence of Duffer's Drift, Oxford: United Service Magazine, 1905; Originally published in April 1905 in "The British Infantry Journal", . Swinton, Ernest (as editor), The Truth About Port Arthur, London: Murray, 1908 Swinton, Ernest (as editor), The Russian Army and the Japanese War, Vol. I,