Sir Anthony Skingsley
Born(1933-10-19)19 October 1933
Died15 January 2019(2019-01-15) (aged 85)
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchRoyal Air Force
Years of service1955–92
RankAir Chief Marshal
Commands heldAllied Air Forces Central Europe (1989–93)
RAF Germany (1987–89)
Air Member for Personnel (1986–87)
RAF Staff College, Bracknell (1983–84)
RAF Laarbruch (1974–76)
No. 214 Squadron (1972–74)
AwardsKnight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath

Air Chief Marshal Sir Anthony Gerald Skingsley, GBE, KCB (19 October 1933 – 15 January 2019) was a senior Royal Air Force commander.

RAF career

Educated at St Bartholomew's School, Newbury, Berkshire[1] and St Catharine's College, Cambridge, Skingsley joined the Royal Air Force in 1955.[2] He became officer commanding No. 214 Squadron in 1972,[3] Station Commander at RAF Laarbruch in 1974[3] and Assistant Chief of Staff (Air Offensive) at Headquarters Second Tactical Air Force in 1977[3] before becoming Director of Air Plans at the Ministry of Defence in 1979.[2]

He went on to be Assistant Chief of Staff (Plans and Policy) at SHAPE in 1980, Commandant of the RAF Staff College, Bracknell, in 1983 and Assistant Chief of the Air Staff in 1985.[2] He was then Air Member for Personnel from 1986, Commander-in-Chief of RAF Germany and Second Tactical Air Force from 1987 and Deputy Commander-in-Chief AFCENT from 1989 before retiring in 1992.[2]

Death

Skingsley died on 15 January 2019, aged 85.[3]

Family

In 1957 he married Lilwen Dixon; they have two sons and one daughter.[2]

References

  1. ^ Burke's Peerage Archived 2012-03-27 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ a b c d e Debrett's People of Today 1994
  3. ^ a b c d Obituaries, Telegraph (17 January 2019). "Air Chief Marshal Sir Anthony Skingsley, RAF pilot who became an influential figure in Nato – obituary". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
Military offices Preceded byDavid Parry-Evans Commandant of the RAF Staff College, Bracknell 1983–1984 Succeeded byAlan White Preceded byNew post Assistant Chief of the Air Staff 1985–1986 Succeeded byMichael Simmons Preceded bySir Thomas Kennedy Air Member for Personnel 1986–1987 Succeeded bySir Laurence Jones Preceded bySir David Parry-Evans Commander-in-Chief RAF GermanyAlso Commander of the Second Tactical Air Force 1987–1989 Succeeded bySir Roger Palin Preceded bySir Joseph Gilbert Deputy Commander-in-Chief Allied Forces Central Europe 1989–1992 Succeeded bySir Michael Stear
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