[2] He served on the North-West Frontier of India from 1897 to 1898 taking part in operations of the Malakand Field Force.
He was mentioned in dispatches with regard to reinforcing Anzac Cove, in full view and reach of the enemy, prior to the Battle of Sari Bair.
The preparation of the ambush was treated as a simple matter by the services therein engaged, and yet I much doubt whether any more pregnant enterprise than this of landing so large a force under the very eyes of the enemy, and of keeping them concealed there three days, is recorded in the annals of war.
[3] Skeen served in Waziristan on the North-West Frontier of India from 1919 to 1920 as Commander, Tochi and Derajat Columns.
[3] Finally he became Chief of the General Staff in India in 1924, and was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in the 1925 New Year Honours,[6] before retiring in 1929.