Charles Keightley

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General Charles Keightley (1949)

Sir Charles Frederick Keightley , GCB , GBE , DSO (born June 24, 1901 in Anerley, Croydon , London , † June 17, 1974 in Salisbury , Wiltshire , England ) was a British general who was among other things commander in chief of the Rhine Army between 1948 and 1951 , from 1951 to 1953 Commander in Chief of the Land Forces in the Far East and between 1953 and 1957 Commander in Chief of the Land Forces in the Middle East . He then held the post of governor and commander-in-chief of Gibraltar from 1958 to 1962 .

Life

Officer training and World War II

Charles Frederick Keightley was Commanding General of during the Tunisia campaign in Operation Torch in North Africa 6th Armored Division used ( 6th Armored Division ) .

Charles Frederick Keightley, son of Reverend Charles Albert Keightley and his wife Kathleen Frances Ross, was baptized in Holy Trinity Church , Penage on September 9, 1901 , and began officer training at the Royal Military College Sandhurst after attending Marlborough College . Once finished, he was in 1921 as a lieutenant (Second Lieutenant) in the Cavalry Regiment 5th (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) Regiment of Dragoon Guards assumed that after the merger with the 6th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Dragoons for Cavalry Regiment 5th / 6th Dragoons was. It was 1923, Lieutenant (Lieutenant) and 1932 for Captain (Captain) promoted and found numerous uses as an officer. He graduated from Staff College Camberley between 1935 and 1936 and received his promotion to major in 1938 . As Local Lieutenant-Colonel , he was an instructor at Staff College Camberley between December 6, 1938 and May 18, 1940.

At the beginning of World War II Keightley was on 19 May 1940 as Acting Lieutenant-Colonel of assistive Adjutant and Quartermaster General in France used 1st Armored Division ( 1st Armored Division ) and remained in that post until May 11, 1941 where he at this time became Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel on August 19, 1940 . Then he was on May 13, 1941 as Acting Colonel and Acting Brigadier Commander of the 30th Armored Brigade and remained in this post until December 24, 1941. For his services there he was in 1941 as an officer in the Order of the British Empire (OBE) added. In addition, he was on November 13, 1941 War nouns Lieutenant-Colonel , Temporary Colonel and Temporary Brigadier . Then he took over on December 27, 1941 as acting major-general, the post of commander of the training facility of the Royal Armored Corps Training Establishment and remained in this position until April 20, 1942.

Development of the front at the Goths between June and December 1944

Charles Keightley was then on April 21, 1942 initially Commanding General ( General Officer Commanding ) of the 11th Armored Division ( 11th Armored Division ) , the so-called "Black Bull" division, but took over a later from May 19, 1942 to 19. december 1943 the post of Commanding General of during the Tunisia campaign in operation Torch in North Africa 6th armored Division used ( 6th armored Division ) . In this usage he became both War Nouns Colonel and Temporary Major-General on December 27, 1942 . In addition, he was on September 6, 1943, Lieutenant Colonel (Lieutenant-Colonel) promoted and 1943, Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB).

In the further course of the war Keightley was between December 13, 1943 and August 1, 1944 Commanding General of the 78th Division ( 78th Infantry Division ) deployed in Italy , the so-called "Battleaxe Division". In this use took place on 27 April 1944 was promoted to Colonel (Colonel) , which was backdated to 27 December 1942nd At the same time, he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) for his services to this post . As Acting Lieutenant-General , he finally took over from August 2, 1944 to September 29, 1945 the post of commanding general of the V Corps ( V Corps ), which operated in the Goths in Italy and later in Austria . It was on January 2, 1945 Major General (Major-General) promoted, whereby this transport was backdated to 21 October 1944th On July 5, 1945 he was made Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE), so that he has since had the suffix "Sir". In addition, he became Temporary Lieutenant-General on August 2, 1945 .

Post-war period, promotion to general and governor of Gibraltar

After the end of World War II, Lt. Gen. Charles Frederick Keightley was from January to May 1948 Military secretary to Minister of War (Secretary of State for War) Emanuel Shinwell
As commander in chief of the land forces in the Middle East, General Keightley was responsible for the deployment of British troops during Operation Musketeer during the first months of the Suez Crisis (October 29, 1956 to March 1957) .

After the end of the war, Charles Frederick Keightley moved to the War Office, where he was initially head of the Department of Military Training (Director of Military Training, War Office ) between November 1, 1945 and December 1947 . Then served from January to April 1948 as Military Secretary (Military Secretary) of the Minister of War (Secretary of State for War) , Manny Shinwell . In this use he was promoted to Lieutenant General (Lieutenant-General) on January 30, 1948 , with this promotion also being dated back to October 1, 1946. In April 1948 he succeeded Lieutenant General Brian Horrocks as the new Commander-in-Chief of the Rhine Army (Commander-in-Chief, British Army of the Rhine) and remained in this post for three years until he was replaced by General John Harding on April 26, 1951. He was also beaten on June 8, 1950 to Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB).

On May 14, 1951 Keightley broke again General John Harding as commander in chief of the land forces in the Far East (Commander in Chief Far East Land Forces) , and held that post until September 28, 1953 after which General Charles Loewen became his dortiger successor. During this time he was also promoted to general on August 29, 1951 and was also raised to the Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) on June 1, 1953 .

After all, he was on 28 September 1953 as successor to General Cameron Nicholson supreme commander of land forces in the Middle East (Commander in Chief Middle East Land Forces) and remained there until his replacement by General Geoffrey Bourne in January 1957. As commander in chief of the land forces in the Middle In the east he was responsible for the deployment of British troops during Operation Musketeer in the first months of the Suez Crisis (October 29, 1956 to March 1957) . At the same time he also acted as aide-de-camp for Queen Elizabeth II between 1953 and 1956 and was elevated to the Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE) on June 13, 1957. On August 26, 1957, he retired from active military service.

Most recently, Charles Keightley on April 16, 1958 successor Lieutenant General Harold Redman as governor and commander in chief of Gibraltar (Governor and Commander in Chief of Gibraltar) and held this position until June 8, 1962 after which General Alfred Dudley Ward began his successor.

Sir Charles Frederick Keightley married Joan Lydia Smyth-Osbourne in 1932, daughter of Brigadier General George Nowell Thomas Smyth-Osbourne and his wife Gladys Marguerite Porter. This marriage had two sons who also served in the British Army, Major General Richard Charles Keightley and Colonel Patrick Thomas Keightley.

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  1. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS SINCE 1860, p. 224
  2. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS SINCE 1860, p. 222
  3. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS SINCE 1860, p. 197
  4. ↑ a b c d KNIGHTS AND DAMES. In: leighrayment.com. November 2, 2018, accessed on September 23, 2019 .
  5. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS SINCE 1860, p. 33
  6. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS SINCE 1860, p. 12
  7. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS SINCE 1860, p. 135
  8. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS SINCE 1860, p. 180
  9. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS SINCE 1860, p. 161
  10. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS SINCE 1860, p. 154
  11. ↑ Gibraltar: Governors in Rulers
predecessor Office successor
General John Harding Commander in Chief of the Land Forces in the Far East
1951–1953 		General Charles Loewen
General Cameron Nicholson Commander in Chief of the Land Forces in the Middle East
1953–1957 		General Geoffrey Bourne
Lieutenant General Harold Redman Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Gibraltar
1958–1962 		General Alfred Dudley Ward
personal data
SURNAME Keightley, Charles
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Keightley, Charles Frederick (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British general, governor of Gibraltar
DATE OF BIRTH June 24, 1901
PLACE OF BIRTH Anerley, Croydon , London
DATE OF DEATH 17th June 1974
Place of death Salisbury , Wiltshire , England