. Roll of service in the Great War, 1914-1919. the 7th Argyll and SutherlandHighlanders (to which he had been attached asActing-Major) when great German offensivebegan in March 1918. Without waiting for hisrecall he hurried back, and was killed in actionat Locon, n April 1918. In a few years he hadlived a full life, had developed from the shy,absorbed student to the brave and enterprisingsoldier, to the experienced and able and trustedofficer who, at the moment he fell, was Acting-Commander of his Battalion. SKENE, IAN: 2nd Lieutenant, 6thBattalion Lancashire Fusiliers; ; son of Alex
. Roll of service in the Great War, 1914-1919. the 7th Argyll and SutherlandHighlanders (to which he had been attached asActing-Major) when great German offensivebegan in March 1918. Without waiting for hisrecall he hurried back, and was killed in actionat Locon, n April 1918. In a few years he hadlived a full life, had developed from the shy,absorbed student to the brave and enterprisingsoldier, to the experienced and able and trustedofficer who, at the moment he fell, was Acting-Commander of his Battalion. SKENE, IAN: 2nd Lieutenant, 6thBattalion Lancashire Fusiliers; ; son of AlexanderSkene of Avondow ;born Peterculter, 12July 1891. He waseducated at RobertGordons College, andin 1908 entered Aber-deen University as astudent of took a whole-hearted part in thesocial—particularly themusical—and sportinglife of his class. Apartfrom a love of books he was not a student bynature, and in 1912 he went to Ceylon, as alearner on a tea estate. There he found a wideand congenial field for his energies in his work. as a planter, in athletics and as a member ofthe Ceylon PlantersRifle Corps and Motor CycleCorps. As a student he had served for four years in U Company, 4th Gordons, and in the spring of1917 he came home and enlisted in the GordonHighlanders. He was sent to the CadetBattalion at Gailes, and in October was com-missioned and gazetted to the LancashireFusiliers. He joined the i/6th Battalion of hisRegiment in France a month later. He wasone of those who at once adapted themselves toactive service conditions ; in March 1918 theDivisional Commander wrote to his Brigadier : Please congratulate 2nd Lieutenant Ian Skeneon his patrolling. He has been doing a lot ofgood work lately. He was awarded the Military-Cross for gallantry in leading trench raids on the13th, 14th, and 15th of March. On the 22nd ofthat month he was wounded and taken 13 April 1918 he died in the German WarHospital at Valenciennes. nd Lieutenant, 4thHighlanders ; M
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