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SkemeJTrooperBSACM Rhodesia 1896 (0).
Source: BSACM rolls
Salisbury Field Force
SkeneASource: WO100/285Queenstown TG
SkeneA WPrivateServed 03 Feb 00 to 16 Feb 01.
Source: Nominal roll in WO127
Cape Medical Staff Corps
SkeneA WSource: QSA and KSA rollsDEOVR
SkeneA W917PrivateKilled in action. Paarl, 28 February 1902
By train
Source: South African Field Force Casualty Roll
Colonial Light Horse
SkeneA W917TrooperList of medals returned from Cape Town
Source: QSA medal roll in WO100/246
Colonial Light Horse
SkeneA W917PrivateDemise: Killed accidentally on railway 28 Feb 1902
Place: Paarl
Source: In Memoriam by S Watt
Colonial Light Horse
SkeneAlex843PrivateSource: QSA medal roll in WO100/277Uitenhage Volunteer Rifles
SkeneAndrew William384D Company
Source: Nominal roll in WO127
DEOVR
SkeneC HBoyQSA (0). Ref: 197.570.
Source: QSA medal rolls
HMS Terrible
SkeneCharles McDowallLieutenant ColonelSKENE, CHARLES McDOWALL, Lieutenant Colonel, was born about 1844, son of W A Skene, Lethenty, Aberdeenshire, and a kinsman of the Duke of Fife; was educated at Addiscombe, and joined the 43rd Gurkha Rifles (then the 43rd Assam Light Infantry), Indian Army.  He served in the North-West Frontier Campaign in 1863.  He married, 24 June 1870, at Ryde, Isle of Wight, Rosalie Purnell George, eldest daughter of Mr James Thorne-George, and had four children: Charles George; Madeleine; Alice Beatrice, and John Gordon.  He was present at the Forcing of the Ambala Pass in the Duffla Expedition in 1874; the Akka Expedition, 1873-74; the Burmese Expedition, 1886-89, when he took the Ruby Mines; was mentioned in Despatches, and created a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order [London Gazette, 25 November 1887]: "Charles McDowall Skene, Lieutenant Colonel, Bengal Infantry.  For operations in Burma".  He commanded the Northern Column in the Chin-Lushai Expedition, and was repeatedly mentioned in Despatches from the Government of India.  Colonel Skene was killed in action at Manipur in March 1891, aged 47, having been transferred to 42nd Gurkha Rifles as Commanding Officer just previously.
Source: DSO recipients (VC and DSO Book)
Bengal Infantry
SkeneJ CSource: QSA and KSA medal rollsNew Zealand, 7th Contingent
SkeneJ GSource: Medal rollsCanada, Lord Strathcona's Horse
SkeneR729TrooperServed in 1st KFS. Joined 23/01/1901 Discharged 22 Feb 01
Source: Nominal roll in WO127
Kitchener's Fighting Scouts
SkeneR C FA Division
Source: QSA and KSA medal rolls
South African Constabulary
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