Skeme | J | | Trooper | BSACM Rhodesia 1896 (0).
Source: BSACM rolls | Salisbury Field Force |
Skene | A | | | Source: WO100/285 | Queenstown TG |
Skene | A W | | Private | Served 03 Feb 00 to 16 Feb 01.
Source: Nominal roll in WO127 | Cape Medical Staff Corps |
Skene | A W | | | Source: QSA and KSA rolls | DEOVR |
Skene | A W | 917 | Private | Killed in action. Paarl, 28 February 1902
By train
Source: South African Field Force Casualty Roll | Colonial Light Horse |
Skene | A W | 917 | Trooper | List of medals returned from Cape Town
Source: QSA medal roll in WO100/246 | Colonial Light Horse |
Skene | A W | 917 | Private | Demise: Killed accidentally on railway 28 Feb 1902
Place: Paarl
Source: In Memoriam by S Watt | Colonial Light Horse |
Skene | Alex | 843 | Private | Source: QSA medal roll in WO100/277 | Uitenhage Volunteer Rifles |
Skene | Andrew William | 384 | | D Company
Source: Nominal roll in WO127 | DEOVR |
Skene | C H | | Boy | QSA (0). Ref: 197.570.
Source: QSA medal rolls | HMS Terrible |
Skene | Charles McDowall | | Lieutenant Colonel | SKENE, 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 |
Skene | J C | | | Source: QSA and KSA medal rolls | New Zealand, 7th Contingent |
Skene | J G | | | Source: Medal rolls | Canada, Lord Strathcona's Horse |
Skene | R | 729 | Trooper | Served in 1st KFS. Joined 23/01/1901 Discharged 22 Feb 01
Source: Nominal roll in WO127 | Kitchener's Fighting Scouts |
Skene | R C F | | | A Division
Source: QSA and KSA medal rolls | South African Constabulary |
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