| 词条 | John Swayne |
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|name=Sir John Swayne |image= |caption= |birth_date=3 July 1890 |death_date=16 December 1964 (aged 74) |placeofburial_label= |placeofburial= |birth_place=Warminster, Wiltshire, England |death_place=London, England |nickname= |allegiance={{flag|United Kingdom}} |branch={{army|United Kingdom}} |serviceyears=1911−1946 |rank=Lieutenant-General |unit=Somerset Light Infantry |commands=1st Battalion, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers 4th Infantry Division South-Eastern Command Chief of the General Staff (India) |battles=World War I World War II |awards=Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Commander of the Order of the British Empire |relations= |laterwork= }} Lieutenant-General Sir John George des Reaux Swayne KCB CBE (3 July 1890 – 16 December 1964) was a senior British Army officer who became General Officer Commanding-in-Chief (GOC-in-C) of South-Eastern Command during World War II. Military careerBorn the son of William Swayne, Bishop of Lincoln,[1] Swayne was commissioned into the Somerset Light Infantry in 1911.[2] He served in World War I spending most of it as a prisoner of war.[2] After the War he was appointed Aide-de-camp to the General Officer Commanding Western Command in India before becoming Adjutant of his Regiment in 1924.[2] He became a General Staff Officer at the War Office in 1927 and Brigade Major for 7th Infantry Brigade in 1929.[2] He was made Military Assistant to the Chief of the Imperial General Staff in 1930 and Chief of Staff for the International Force for the Saar Plebiscite in Germany in 1934.[2] He was selected to be Commanding Officer of 1st Bn Royal Northumberland Fusiliers in 1935 and Chief Instructor at the Staff College, Camberley in 1937.[2] He served in World War II initially as Head of the British Military Mission to the French General Headquarters and then as General Officer Commanding 4th Division from 1941.[2] He was appointed Chief of the General Staff for Home Forces in 1942 and General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of South Eastern Command in 1942.[2] His final appointment was as Chief of the General Staff in India in 1944; he retired in 1946.[2] References1. ^Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, Armorial Families: a directory of gentlemen of coat of armour - volume 2 2. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives External links
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