Roger Keyes

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Roger Keyes was a British Royal Navy admiral noted for his aggressive leadership in World War I naval operations and later service as a senior commander and politician.

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instanceOf Royal Navy officer
human
politician
allegiance United Kingdom
awardReceived Distinguished Service Order
Legion of Honour
linked to: Légion d'honneur

Order of Merit
Order of St Michael and St George
Order of the Bath
Victoria Cross
linked to: The Victoria Cross
birthDate 1872-10-04
birthPlace Tendring, Essex, England
conflict World War I
World War II
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
createdPeerageTitle Baron Keyes
deathDate 1945-12-26
deathPlace Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, England
educatedAt Royal Naval College, Dartmouth
Royal Naval College, Greenwich
familyName Keyes
fullName Roger John Brownlow Keyes
genreOfWork military memoir
givenName Roger
honorificSuffix 1st Baron Keyes
memberOf House of Commons of the United Kingdom
House of Lords
militaryBranch Royal Navy
militaryRank Admiral of the Fleet
nobleTitle Baron Keyes
notableFor aggressive leadership in naval operations during World War I
command of the Dover Patrol
planning and leading the Ostend Raid
planning and leading the Zeebrugge Raid
notableWork Naval Memoirs
numberOfChildren 5
occupation naval officer
politician
politicalParty Conservative Party (UK)
positionHeld Commander of the Dover Patrol
Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet
Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth
Director of Plans at the Admiralty
Member of Parliament
Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty
serviceEnd 1943
serviceStart 1885
spouse Eva Barclay

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