Sir Charles Keightley | |
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 Sir Charles Keightley, pictured here in 1949. | |
| Born | 24 June 1901 Croydon, London, England |
| Died | 17 June 1974 (aged 72) Salisbury, Wiltshire, England |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service | British Army |
| Years of service | 1921–1957 |
| Rank | General |
| Service number | 14936 |
| Unit | 5th Dragoon Guards 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards |
| Commands | Gibraltar Far East Land Forces British Army of the Rhine V Corps 78th Infantry Division 6th Armoured Division 11th Armoured Division 30th Armoured Brigade |
| Battles / wars | Second World War Suez Crisis |
| Awards | Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath[1] Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire[2] Distinguished Service Order[3] Mentioned in Despatches (2)[4][5] Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour (France)[6] Commander of the Legion of Merit (United States)[7][8] |
| Other work | Governor of Gibraltar (1958–62) Deputy Lieutenant of the county of Dorset.[9] (29 October 1970 – 17 June 1974) |
General Sir Charles Frederic Keightley, GCB, GBE, DSO, DL (24 June 1901 – 17 June 1974) 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.
Since Keightley‘s death, there has been much scrutiny of the methods he employed in 1945 to send thousands of Cossacks and White Russians to their death at the hands of Stalin.
- ^ "No. 39863". The London Gazette (Supplement). 26 May 1953. p. 2942.
- ^ "No. 41092". The London Gazette (Supplement). 4 June 1957. p. 3416.
- ^ "No. 36637". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 August 1944. p. 3605.
- ^ "No. 35020". The London Gazette (Supplement). 20 December 1940. p. 7175.
- ^ "No. 37368". The London Gazette (Supplement). 27 November 1945. p. 5791.
- ^ "No. 41359". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 April 1958. p. 2357.
- ^ "No. 36125". The London Gazette (Supplement). 6 August 1943. p. 3579.
- ^ "No. 37961". The London Gazette (Supplement). 20 May 1947. p. 2287.
- ^ "No. 45225". The London Gazette. 3 November 1970. p. 12069.