What is Geoffrey Charles Tasker Keyes?
{{Infobox Military Person |name=Geoffrey Charles Tasker Keyes |lived=18 May 1917 - 18 November 1941 (aged 24) |placeofbirth=[[Aberdour]], [[Fife]], Scotland |placeofdeath=[[Al Bayda', Libya|Beda Littoria]], [[Libya]] |placeofburial=[[Benghazi]] War Cemetery, Libya |image= Victoria Cross Medal without Bar.png |caption= |nickname= |allegiance={{UK}} |branch={{army|United Kingdom}} |serviceyears=1937–1941{{KIA}} |rank=[[Lieutenant-Colonel]] |commands= |unit=[[Royal Scots Greys]]<br>[[No. 11 (Scottish) Commando]] |battles=[[World War II]] |awards=[[Victoria Cross]] ([[Posthumous recognition|posthumous]])<br>[[Military Cross]]<br>[[Croix de Guerre]]<ref>[http://www.unithistories.com/officers/Army_officers_K01.html British officers, WWII]</ref> |laterwork= |relations=[[Roger John Brownlow Keyes, 1st Baron Keyes|Admiral of the Fleet Roger John Brownlow Keyes, 1st Baron Keyes]] (father) }} [[Lieutenant-Colonel]] '''Geoffrey Charles Tasker Keyes''', [[Victoria Cross|VC]], [[Military Cross|MC]] (18 May 1917 – 18 November 1941) was an [[Scotland|Scottish]] recipient of the [[Victoria Cross]], the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to [[United Kingdom|British]] and [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] forces. At the time he was the youngest lieutenant colonel in the British Army. ==References== {{reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Keyes, Geoffrey Charles Tasker}} [[Category:1917 births]] [[Category:1941 deaths]] [[Category:British Army people]]