Major General Bruce Morland Skinner, (3 April 1858 – 3 May 1932) was a

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officer and

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who served as

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during the

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. Skinner was the eldest son of Charles Bruce Skinner and Harriette Catherine Tudor. He was educated at

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and the

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before commissioning into the British Army as a medical officer in the

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. He first saw active service on the North-West Frontier expedition of 1887 to 1888. He was deployed to

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during the

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between 1899 and 1902, was promoted to lieutenant-colonel on 29 July 1902, and was made a

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(MVO) in 1906. Skinner served as Honorary Surgeon to the

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in 1910 and was Senior Medical officer in

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. He was subsequently Commandant of the Royal Army Medical College. He served in the First World War and was made a

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on 14 January 1916. He became Temporary Surgeon-General on 1 November 1916 while working as the Director of Medical Services. He was invested as an Officer of the Venerable Order of Saint John on 25 October 1927. He married Monica, the daughter of Henry Whitehouse of the Madras Civil Service. They had three sons and a daughter.'SKINNER, Maj.-Gen. Bruce Morland', Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2015; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; April 2014 accessed 2 Jan 2015
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Skinner, Bruce 1858 births 1932 deaths British Army major generals British Army personnel of the Second Boer War British Army personnel of World War I Companions of the Order of the Bath Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George Members of the Royal Victorian Order Officers of the Order of St John People educated at Bloxham School Royal Army Medical Corps officers