Andrew Skeen
Sir Andrew Skeen | |
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| Born | 20 January 1873 |
| Died | 18 February 1935 (aged 62) |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service/ | Mentioned in Despatches Croix de Guerre (France) |
| Children | Andrew Skeen |
CMG (20 January 1873 – 18 February 1935) served in the British Indian Army, rising to the position of Chief of the General Staff in India
.
Military career
Skeen was commissioned into the
Malakand Field Force.[3] He was deployed to China in 1900, and promoted to captain on 10 July 1901 while serving in the 24th Punjabis. From December 1902 he was in East Africa where he took part in operations in Somaliland until 1904.[3]
Skeen served in the
Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton
.
For his service at Gallipoli, Skeen was appointed a
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George and awarded the French Croix de Guerre. He went on to be Director of Military Operations at India Army HQ in 1916 and then Deputy Chief of General Staff, Indian Army in 1917. He then became commander of the 3rd (Abbottabad) Indian Infantry Brigade and then commander of the Kohat Kurram Force, in which capacity he took part in the Third Anglo-Afghan War in 1919.[3]
Skeen served in
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in the 1925 New Year Honours,[4] before retiring in 1929.[3]
References
- ^ "No. 26229". The London Gazette. 4 December 1891. p. 6720.
- ^ Hart´s Army list, 1902
- ^ a b c d e f Andrew Skeen Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
- ^ "No. 33007". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 1924. p. 3.
Publications
- Skeen, Gen Sir A., Passing It On: Short Talks on Tribal Fighting on the Northwest Frontier of India, 4th ed (Gale & Polden, 1939). The 4th edition has an additional chapter (by Maj D.B. Mackenzie) on lessons learned from Waziristan 1937.
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