Lieutenant Colonel Geoffrey Keyes VC, MC - 2nd Dragoons ( Royal Scots Greys ), 11th ( Scottish ) Commando

KNOWN GRAVES OF HOLDERS OF THE VICTORIA CROSS
IN: LIBYA

Name John,
BEELEY		 John Hurst,
EDMONDSON		 George Ward,
GUNN		 James Joseph Bernard,
JACKMAN
Rank Rifleman Corporal 2nd Lieutenant Captain
Force 1st Bn, King's Royal Rifle Corps 2 / 17th Bn, AIF 3rd Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery 1st Bn, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers
VC won Sidi Rezegh, Libya,
21 November 1941		 Tobruk, Libya,
13 - 14 April 1941		 Sidi Rezegh, Libya,
21 November 1941		 El Duda Ridge, Tobruk, Libya,
25 November 1941
London Gaz 21 April 1942 4 July 1941 21 April 1942 31 March 1942
Born Lower Openshaw, Manchester,
8 February 1918		 Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia,
8 October 1914		 Muggleswick, Co Durham,
26 July 1912		 Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin, Ireland,
19 March 1916
Died 21 November 1941,
Libya		 14 April 1941,
Libya		 21 November 1941,
Libya		 25 November 1941,
Libya
Grave Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Libya Tobruk War Cemetery, Libya Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Libya Tobruk War Cemetery, Libya
Location
of VC		 Royal Green Jackets Museum, Winchester Australian War Memorial, Canberra Royal Artillery Museum
( A new museum is planned on Salisbury Plain )		 Stonyhurst College, Lancashire
Remarks None None None None

LIBYA

Name Geoffrey Charles Tasker,
KEYES


Rank Lieutenant Colonel


Force 2nd Dragoons ( Royal Scots Greys )
11th ( Scottish ) Commando


VC won Beda Littoria, Libya,
17 - 18 November 1941


London Gaz 19 June 1942


Born Aberdour, Fife, Scotland,
18 May 1917


Died 18 November 1941,
Libya


Grave Benghazi War Cemetery, Libya


Location
of VC		 Lord Ashcroft Gallery
Imperial War Museum, London


Remarks MC


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