"Jottings" -
spotted by volunteers as they visit the cemeteries
(Index).
ROGER
KEYES
After a service at Westminster Abbey, Roger
Keyes was buried in Dover, in the Zeebrugge plot, where some of
those who died on the raid on St George's Day, 1918, are buried.
The inscription on his memorial reads:
In Memory
of
Admiral of the Fleet
Sir Roger J B Keyes Bt MP
Baron Keyes
of Zeebrugge and Dover
GCB KCVO CMG DSO DCL LLD
GC of
Leopold GO Legion of Honour
Croix de Guerre DSM
4 Oct 1872 -
26 Dec 1945
Sixty years outstanding service
First Commodore
of Submarines 1910-1915
First Chief Combined Operations
1940-41
Died from injuries received on active service in Far
East
Also of his eldest son
Lieut Colonel
Geoffrey
Charles Tasker Keyes
VC MC Croix de Guerre
Royal Scots Greys
and 11th Scottish Commando
18 May 1917 - 18 Nov 1941
killed
leading the raid on General Rommel's HQ
at Sidi Rafa Libya
He
lies at Benghazi
There are other inscriptions around the
monument. Geoffrey Keyes' VC citation may be seen on the
VC Winners page.
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Witu 1890
China 1900
Heligoland Dardanelles Zeebrugge 1914-1918
Belgium 1940
Leyte 1944
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Narvik 1940
Litani
River
Sidi
Rafa
1941
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