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Charles Keightley

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British Army general and Governor of Gibraltar (1901-1974)

United KingdomLived 1901 to 1974 · aged 72
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General Sir Charles Frederic Keightley, was a senior British Army officer who served during and following the Second World War.

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From left to right: Charles Keightley, GOC 78th Infantry Division, Sir Richard McCreery, GOC X Corps, Sir Oliver Leese, GOC Eighth Army, and Sidney Kirkman, GOC XIII Corps, all watching an Allied bombing raid on Monte Cassino, 15 March 1944.From left to right: Charles Keightley, GOC 78th Infantry Division, Sir Richard McCreery, GOC X Corps, Sir Oliver Leese, GOC Eighth Army, and Sidney Kirkman, GOC XIII Corps, all watching an Allied bombing raid on Monte Cassino, 15 March 1944.Major-General Charles Keightley (right), GOC 78th Infantry Division, at work, 2 April 1944. On a table outside his dug-out is a model of the Cassino area. Lieutenant. R. Grimshaw (left) is pointing out a feature to Lieutenant-Colonel D. E. P. Hodgson, Welsh Guards (middle).Major-General Charles Keightley (right), GOC 78th Infantry Division, at work, 2 April 1944. On a table outside his dug-out is a model of the Cassino area. Lieutenant. R. Grimshaw (left) is pointing out a feature to Lieutenant-Colonel D. E. P. Hodgson, Welsh Guards (middle).Senior British and French Army officers observe a NATO exercise in Germany, 1950. Lieutenant Colonel Frederick Stephens, CO 1st Battalion, The Rifle Brigade explains the exercise to a group of officers including Général d'armée Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, Major General Robert Arkwright, GOC 7th Armoured Division and Lieutenant General Sir Charles Keightley, C-in-C British Army of the Rhine.Senior British and French Army officers observe a NATO exercise in Germany, 1950. Lieutenant Colonel Frederick Stephens, CO 1st Battalion, The Rifle Brigade explains the exercise to a group of officers including Général d'armée Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, Major General Robert Arkwright, GOC 7th Armoured Division and Lieutenant General Sir Charles Keightley, C-in-C British Army of the Rhine.

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Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
Commander of the Legion of Merit
Officer of the Legion of Merit
Distinguished Service Order
Legionnaire of Legion of Merit

Connected to Charles 6

Ibrahim of JohorAlso won Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British EmpireJean-Louis GeorgelinAlso won Commander of the Legion of MeritClaudio GrazianoAlso won Officer of the Legion of MeritMax van der StoelAlso won Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British EmpireFrancis Wogan FestingAlso won Commander of the Legion of MeritWilliam E. FairbairnAlso won Officer of the Legion of Merit

About this person

General Sir Charles Frederic Keightley, was a senior British Army officer who served during and following the Second World War. After serving with distinction during the Second World War - becoming, in 1944, the youngest corps commander in the British Army - he had a distinguished postwar career and was the Governor of Gibraltar from 1958 to 1962.

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United Kingdom
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1901 to 1974 · aged 72
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