Background
Skinner was the eldest son of Charles Bruce Skinner and Harriette Catherine Tudor.
commandant Surgeon army officer
Skinner was the eldest son of Charles Bruce Skinner and Harriette Catherine Tudor.
He was educated at Bloxham School and the Royal Army Medical College before commissioning into the British Army as a medical officer in the Royal Army Medical Corps.
He first saw active service on the North-West Frontier expedition of 1887 to 1888. Skinner served as Honorary Surgeon to the Viceroy of India in 1910 and was Senior Medical officer in Rawalpindi. He was subsequently Commandant of the Royal Army Medical College.
He became Temporary Surgeon-General on 1 November 1916 while working as the Director of Medical Services.