Arthur Richard Harrie Skey (13 February 1873 – 13 July 1942) was an

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er and

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officer. Skey served as a surgeon in the Royal Navy from 1896, rising to the rank of surgeon rear-admiral. He also played first-class cricket for the

Life and naval career

Skey was born at

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, before being educated in England at

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. From there he trained to be a surgeon at

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. After qualifying he joined the

, where he was appointed as a surgeon in November 1896. He was promoted to the rank of staff surgeon in November 1904. Skey appeared in a single

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match for the

against the British Army cricket team at Lord's in 1912. In the Army's first-innings, he took figures of 5 for 27, while in their second-innings he took figures of 1 for 90. Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed for 4 runs in the Royal Navy's first-innings by

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, while in their second-innings he was unbeaten without scoring. He served in the navy during the

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, where he was mentioned in dispatches for actions during the Battle of Jutland. He was awarded the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus by

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in August 1917. By July 1927, he held the rank of surgeon captain. It was in July 1927 that he was promoted to the rank of surgeon rear-admiral. He died at Royal Hospital Haslar at Gosport in July 1942.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Skey, Arthur 1873 births 1942 deaths People from Lucknow People educated at Dulwich College Alumni of the Medical College of St Bartholomew's Hospital 19th-century English medical doctors 20th-century English medical doctors Royal Navy officers English cricketers Royal Navy cricketers Royal Navy personnel of World War I Officers of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus Royal Navy rear admirals British people in colonial India