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Sir Anthony Gerald Skingsley, (19 October 1933 – 15 January 2019) was a senior

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commander.

RAF career

Educated at St Bartholomew's School, Newbury, BerkshireBurke's Peerage
and

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, Skingsley joined the Royal Air Force in 1955.Debrett's People of Today 1994 He became officer commanding No. 214 Squadron in 1972, Station Commander at

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in 1974 and Assistant Chief of Staff (Air Offensive) at Headquarters Second Tactical Air Force in 1977 before becoming Director of Air Plans at the

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in 1979. He went on to be Assistant Chief of Staff (Plans and Policy) at

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in 1980, Commandant of the RAF Staff College, Bracknell, in 1983 and

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in 1985. He was then

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from 1986, Commander-in-Chief of

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and Second Tactical Air Force from 1987 and Deputy Commander-in-Chief AFCENT from 1989 before retiring in 1992.

Death

Skingsley died on 15 January 2019, aged 85.

Family

In 1957 he married Lilwen Dixon; they have two sons and one daughter.

References

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