What a career this man had ...... I'm amazed !! .... you have to read on !! Admiral of the Fleet Roger John Brownlow Keyes, 1st Baron Keyes GCB KCVO CMG DSO RN (4 October 1872 – 26 December 1945) was a noted British admiral, with an active service life that included 19th century African anti-slavery patrols to the Allied landings in Leyte in World War II. He was regarded throughout the British Empire as one of the great military heroes of his day. Keyes was born on October 4 1872, at Tundiani Fort on the North West Frontier Province of India, where his father commanded the Punjab Frontier force, and had achieved a reputation as an heroic figure. He spent his first five years here but, despite being far from the sea, he told his parents “I am going to be an Admiral”. Three years after the family had returned to England Keyes' father was given a new command in India. The parents decided to take the two youngest children with them, but to leave the five oldest, including Roger, in the care of an English country parson and his wife. The accommodations were less than his parents had been led to believe and the younger children were desperately lonely. The parson, however, introduced Keyes to hunting and fishing, which became lifelong passions, particularly hunting. Soon, he was sent to a preparatory school at Margate. http://75.125.242.10/view/lt19i Admiral of the Fleet, Royal Navy. Born at Tundiani Fort on the North West Frontier Province of India (now Pakistan). Son of General Sir Charles Patton Keyes, G.C.B., and of Lady Keyes (nee Norman); husband of Lady Keyes (nee Bowlby), of Tingewick, Buckinghamshire. Awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of Leopold, Grand Officer Legion of Honour, Croix de Guerre (France and Belgium), Distinguished Service Medal (U.S.A.), G C B, K C V O, C M G, and D S O. 1st Baron Keyes of Zeebrugge and Dover. Commanded operations against Zeebrugge and Ostend, April 1918; Deputy Chief of Naval Staff 1921-25; C.-in-C. Mediterranean 1925-28, Portsmouth 1929-31; Director of Combined Operations 1940-41; A.D.C. to H.M. King George V, 1914. D.C.L., LL.D.; M.P. for Portsmouth (North) Division, 1934-1943. His son, Lt. Col. Geoffrey Charles Tasker Keyes, was killed in action in Libya during World War II and was awarded the Victoria Cross. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=23361932
