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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Roger Keyes canonical 3

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Predicate Object
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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