Richard Keith-Jones
{{Short description|British Army general}}
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|name=Richard Keith-Jones
|birth_date=6 December 1913
|birth_place= Dehra Dun, British India
|death_date=26 May 1992 (aged 78)
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|allegiance= United Kingdom
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|servicenumber= 62519
|rank= Major-General
|branch= British Army
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|commands=4th Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery
50th (Northumbrian) Division/District
|unit=Royal Artillery
|battles=Second World War
|awards=Companion of the Order of the Bath
Member of the Order of the British Empire
Military Cross
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Major-General Richard Keith-Jones {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|CB|MBE|MC}} (1913–1992) was a British Army officer.
Military career
Keith-Jones was educated at Clifton College.{{cite news |title=Maj-Gen Richard Keith-Jones |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0503317015/TTDA?u=mclib&sid=bookmark-TTDA&xid=997c66b4 |access-date=29 May 2024 |work=The Times |issue=64348 |via=Times Digital Archive |date=2 June 1992 |url-access=subscription}} He was commissioned into the Royal Artillery on 1 February 1934.{{London Gazette|issue=34020|page=753|date=2 February 1934}} He saw action in the Italian campaign during the Second World War, for which he was awarded the Military Cross.{{London Gazette|issue=36456|page=1587|date=6 April 1944|supp=y}}{{cite web|url=https://www.unithistories.com/officers/Army_officers_J01.html#Jones_RK|title=British Army officer histories|publisher=Unit Histories|access-date=2021-12-28}}
After the war he became a GSO2 instructor at the Staff College, Camberley, from September 1949 until December 1951, Commander, Royal Artillery (CRA) for 17th Gurkha Division in July 1957 and General Officer Commanding 50th (Northumbrian) Division/District of the Territorial Army in March 1964 before retiring in July 1966.{{cite web|url=https://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201860-.pdf|title=Army Commands|accessdate=3 June 2020}}
During the 1950s, Keith-Jones was a military assistant to Field Marshal Montgomery as part of his NATO staff. Keith-Jones became the second commandant of the Joint Warfare Establishment in 1966.
He was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 1947 Birthday Honours{{London Gazette|issue=37977|page=2580|date=6 June 1947|supp=y}} and a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1968 New Year Honours.{{London Gazette|issue=44484|page=3|date=29 December 1967|supp=y}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.unithistories.com/officers/Army_officers_J01.html#Jones_RK British Army Officers 1939−1945]
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{{s-bef|before=Antony Read}}
{{s-ttl|title=GOC 50th (Northumbrian) Division/District|years=1964–1966}}
{{s-aft|after=Derek Horsford}}
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Category:British Army major generals
Category:Companions of the Order of the Bath
Category:Members of the Order of the British Empire
Category:Recipients of the Military Cross
Category:Royal Artillery officers
Category:Academics of the Staff College, Camberley
Category:Graduates of the Royal College of Defence Studies
Category:People educated at Clifton College
Category:Graduates of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich