Richard Keith-Jones


Richard Keith-Jones was a British Army officer.

Military career

Keith-Jones was commissioned into the Royal Artillery on 1 February 1934. He saw action in the Italian campaign during the Second World War, for which he was awarded the Military Cross. After the war he became Commander Royal Artillery for 17th Gurkha Division in July 1957 and General Officer Commanding 50th Division/District of the Territorial Army in March 1964 before retiring in July 1966.
He was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 1947 Birthday Honours and a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1968 New Year Honours.