185:, the invasion of North Africa. He served in Algiers as a Medical Officer from May to July 1943 with the Allied Military Government in Occupied Territories. After the surrender of the German forces, he applied to join the 1st Airborne Division and returned to England for more training, including a parachute course. He joined the 1st Airborne Reconnaissance Squadron as the medical officer in January 1944. He took part in the
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Krog, H. & Swinscow, T. D. V. (1987) New species and new combinations in some parmelioid lichen genera, with special emphasis on East
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lichens. In the 1950s these were poorly understood and classified. He later concentrated on aquatic and marine pyrenocarps. His collaborators included
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Swinscow, T. D. V. (1962) An unusual parasymbiont of marine lichens.
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Swinscow, T. D. V. (1966) Lichens with bitunicate asci.
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