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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
.