Date of birth:

October 4th, 1872

Date of death:

December 26th, 1945 (Tingewick/Buckinghamshire, England)

Nationality:

British

Roger John Brownlow Keyes was born on October 4th, 1872 as the son to General Sir Charles Patton Keyes and Katherine Jessie Keyes-Norman.

Promotions:
July 15th, 1885: Cadet;
November 15th, 1887: Midhsipman;
November 14th, 1891: Sub-lieutenant;
August 28th, 1893: Lieutenant;
November 9th, 1900: Commander;
April 10th, 1917: Rear-Admiral;
May 16th, 1921: Vice-Admiral;
March 1st, 1926: Admiral;
May 8th, 1930: Admiral of the Fleet.

Career:
July 15th, 1885: training ship HMS Britannia;
August 1887: cruiser HMS Raleigh;
November 15th, 1887: corvette HMS Turquoise;
1893: sloop HMS Beagle;
January 1898: Commanding Officer, destroyer HMS Opossum;
September 1898: Commanding Officer, destroyer HMS Hart;
January 1899: HMS Fame;
May 1901: Commanding Officer, destroyer HMS Bat;
January 1902: Commanding Officer, destroyer HMS Falcon;
May 1902: Commanding Officer, destroyer HMS Sprightly;
January 1903: Commanding Officer, destroyer HMS Express;
April 1903: Commanding Officer, destroyer HMS Gipsy;
summer 1903: Commanding Officer, destroyer HMS Peterel;
1904: Intelligence Section, Admiralty;
January 1905: Military Attaché, Rome;
1908: Commanding Officer, cruiser HMS Venus;
1910: Inspecting Captain Submarines;
1912: Commodore Submarine Service;
September 15th, 1914: Naval aide-de-camp to the King;
August 1914: Commanding Officer 8th Submarine Flotilla;
February 1915: Chief of Staff, Royal Navy Squadron Dardanelles;
June 1916: Commanding Officer, battleship HMS Canturion;
1917: Second-in-Command, 4th Battle Squadron;
October 1917: Director of Plans, Admiralty;
January 1918: Commander-in-Chief, Dover Patrol;
March 1919: (Acting) Vice-Admiral in command, Battle Cruiser Force;
March 1919: Commanding Officer, Battlecruiser Squadron;
November 1921: Deputy Chief, Naval Staff;
June 1925: Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet;
May 1929: Commander-in-Chief Portsmouth;
May 1935: Retirement;
1940: Liaison Officer Leopold III;
June 1940 - October 1941: Director, Combined Operations;

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• - HEATHCOTE, T.A., British Admirals of the Fleet 1734-1995, Leo Cooper, 2002.