Five: Lieutenant Colonel G.H. Swindells, Commanding 1/4th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment, a Casualty in the 1st Battle of the Marne, 1914-15 Star (Lt. Col. Ches. R.); British War and Victory Medals M.I.D. Oakleaf; Territorial Decoration, G.V.R.; Russia, Order of St. Stanislaus, Third Class breast Badge, with swords, gold and enamel, nearly extremely fine (5)

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