Lieutenant Colonel Frederick Skipwith

Frederick Skipwith

• Born on 23 December 1877.
• Son of Colonel Grey Townsend Skipwith and Elizabeth Helen Wemyss.
• Married Lily Spence Garvie, daughter of Lt.-Col. John Garvie, on 7 May 1916
• Died on 17 April 1964 at age 86.
• Lieutenant-Colonel Gurkha Rifles, served, Tibet Mission 1904, Zakka Khel Expdn 1908, WW I (despatches) China 1900.
• Educated Haileybury and RMC Sandhurst.

Children of Frederick Skipwith and Lily Spence Garvie

• David James Skipwith2 b. 6 Feb 1917, d. 6 Jun 1966
• Wendy Elisabeth Skipwith+2 b. 16 Aug 1927 The Peerage

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British India Office Ecclesiastical Returns- Births & Baptisms

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* First name(s) Frederick

• Last name Skipwith
• Birth year 1877
• Birth date 23 Dec 1877
• Baptism year 1877
• Baptism date 14 Feb 1878
• Place Simla
• Presidency Bengal
• Father's first name(s) Gray Townsend
• Father's last name Skipwith
• Mother's first name(s) Elizabeth Helen
• Mother's last name -
• Archive reference N-1-163
• Folio 53
• Page -
• Catalogue descriptions Parish register transcripts from the Presidency of Bengal
• Record set British India Office births & baptisms
• Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
• Subcategory Births & baptisms

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British India Office Pension Registers - Orphans

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* First name(s) Frederick

• Last name Skipwith
• Birth year 1877
• Birth date 23 Dec 1877
• Year 1877
• Admission year -
• Place Bengal
• Country India
• Father's title/rank Lieut
• Father's first name(s) G J
• Father's last name Skipwith
• Father's death date 12 Aug 1900
• Archive reference L-AG-23-7-18
• Catalogue description Bengal Military Orphan Society register of subscriptions in England L-Z

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LOTFWW

Medal Index Cards

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1. First name(s) F
2. Last name Skipwith
3. Service number -
4. Rank Lieutenant Colonel
5. Corps 1/5th Gurkha Rifles
6. Service record Rank: Lieutenant Colonel, Corps: 1/5th Gurkha Rifles
7. Archive reference WO372/28
8. Archive reference description Indian Army Medal Index Cards
9. Country Great Britain
10. Image link http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=D7566400
11. Record set World War One British Army medal index cards
12. Category Armed forces & conflict
13. Subcategory First World War

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UK Army List 1911

• First Name: F
• Surname: Skipwith
• Nationality: British
• Information: Double Company Officer.
• Rank: Captain
• Service: British Army
• Regiment: 5th Gúrkha Rifles (Frontier Force)
• Battalion: 2nd Battalion

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