"to Harold, with warmest fraternal greeting, Randal Swingler Christmas, 1946"




Randall Swingler MM (May 28, 1909 – 1967) was an English poet, writing extensively in the 1930s in the communist interest.
He operated in North London, as a close associate of Nancy Cunard, sometimes lending his name. He was one of the organisers of the covert Writer's Group of the late 1930s, attempting to co-ordinate a 'literary policy' of the Left. He was involved also in work for the Unity Theatre.
His was a prosperous middle class Anglican family near Nottingham, with an industrial background in the Midlands. He served with the British Army in Italy in World War II, joining as a private soldier, and being awarded the Military Medal.

includes battle 1943 -1945