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| Name | Major General George Michael Geoffrey SWINDELLS CB | | Birth | Male; 15 Jan 1930; Bollington, Cheshire UK | | Death | 13 Oct 2015, age 85; Elba | | Death Memo | Swimming accident | | Education | Rugby School | | Occupation | Military career with a short time after National Service spent in the cotton mill business at Bollington | | Military | 1948-50 National Service
1949 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards, then stationed in Germany
1951 rejoined; for Korean conflict
Lieutenant commanding a troop of four tanks
1954-57 Adjutant of the Cheshire Yeomanry
1960 Staff college
Brigade Major 7th Armoured Brigade, in Germany
1969 Commanded the 9th/12th Royal Lancers
Commanded 11th Armoured Brigade
1980-82 Major General, served as Chief of the Joint Services Liaison Organisation
1985 Retired
1987-98 Controller of the Army Benevolent Fund
1990-95 Colonel of the 9th/12th Lancers
1991-96 National Chairman of the British Limbless Ex-Service Men's Association
1998- President, Swindon Branch, British Korean Veterans Association | | Residence | Wilcot, Wiltshire, UK |
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Living spouse not available for display.
Notes for Major General George Michael Geoffrey SWINDELLS CB Daily Telegraph: Obituary .
British Korean Veterans Association: Michael Swindells, history
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