serviceyears branch death_date awards battles birth_date rank article_title name
1902-1937 23px british army 2 march 1962 companion of the distinguished service order , military cross , mentioned of in dispatches the order of the bath , companion first world war 8 august 1878 lieutenant-general dudley skelton
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dudley skelton

lieutenant-general dudley sheridan skelton -lrb- 8 august 1878 - 2 march 1962 -rrb- was a british army officer , author and physician .
skelton was educated at bloxham school .
he commissioned into the british army on 1 october 1902 .
skelton served in the first world war in the royal artillery , and was awarded the distinguished service order and the military cross .
he was promoted to brevet lieutenant colonel in august 1917 , and transferred to the royal army medical corps .
he was promoted to colonel in 1930 .
in 1935 he became honorary surgeon to george v .
he was invested as a companion of the order of the bath in the 1936 birthday honours , while serving as deputy director of medical services , southern command , india .
he retired as a lieutenant-general on 13 october 1937 .
