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 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Royal Navy officer ⓘ
human ⓘ
politician ⓘ
allegiance United Kingdom ⓘ
awardReceived Distinguished Service Order ⓘ
Légion d'honneur ⓘ
surface form: Legion of Honour

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

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Dover Patrol → commander → Roger Keyes ⓘ