INDENT Lieutenant Colonel Geoffrey Hillier Swindells, T.D., born 1874, educated at Stoneyhurst College, joined the Volunteers Corps, 1897, continued as a 'Territorial' in the 7th Cheshires attaining the rank of Major; he volunteered for foreign service, was advanced to Lieut. Colonel and was given the command of the 4th Cheshires; took part in the landings at Suvla, Gallipoli and although wounded in the leg took part in the subsequent evacuation; sent for garrison duty in Egypt and later shared in the taking of Gaza (Order of St. Stanislaus; Mentioned in Desptaches). Lieut. Colonel Swindells returned to France, 1918 where he was killed by a machine gun bullet while gallantly leading his Bn. forward in an attack against a strong enemy position on Beugreux Ridge near Grand Rozoy 1 August, 1918 (Mentioned in Despatches). By 1917 he had completed twenty years service as a Volunteer and a Territorial - his Territorial Decoration was sanctioned 18 months after it was due and four weeks after his death