Editing Geoffrey Keyes (VC) (section)

{{Short description|Recipient of the Victoria Cross}}
{{For|the US general|Geoffrey Keyes}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox military person
|name= Geoffrey Keyes
|image= Geoffrey Keyes VC.jpg
|alt= 
|caption= Geoffrey Keyes
|nickname= 
|birth_date= {{birth date|1917|05|18|df=yes}}
|birth_place= [[Aberdour]], Fife, Scotland
|death_date= {{Death date and age|1941|11|18|1917|05|18|df=yes}}
|death_place= [[Bayda, Libya|Beda Littoria]], Libya
|placeofburial= [[Benghazi]] War Cemetery, Libya
|allegiance= United Kingdom
|branch= [[British Army]]
|serviceyears= 1937–1941
|rank= [[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)|Lieutenant Colonel]]
|servicenumber= 71081
|unit= [[Royal Scots Greys]]<br/>[[No. 11 (Scottish) Commando]]<br/>[[Middle East Commando]]
|commands= 
|battles= [[Second World War]]
* [[Norwegian campaign]]
** [[Battles of Narvik|Narvik campaign]]
* [[Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II|Mediterranean and Middle East theatre]]
** [[Syria–Lebanon campaign]]
*** [[Battle of the Litani River]]
* [[North African campaign]]
** [[Western Desert campaign]]
*** [[Operation Crusader]]
**** [[Operation Flipper]]
|awards= [[Victoria Cross]]<br/>[[Military Cross]]<br/>[[Croix de guerre 1939–1945|Croix de Guerre]] (France)<ref>[http://www.unithistories.com/officers/Army_officers_K01.html British officers, World War II]</ref>
|relations= Admiral of the Fleet [[Roger Keyes, 1st Baron Keyes]] (father)
|laterwork= 
}}
[[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)|Lieutenant Colonel]] '''Geoffrey Charles Tasker Keyes''', {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100|sep=,|VC|MC}} (18 May 1917&nbsp;– 18 November 1941) was a [[British Army]] officer of the [[Second World War]] and a recipient of the [[Victoria Cross]], the highest award that can be made to British and [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] forces for gallantry in the face of the enemy. At the time he was the youngest acting lieutenant colonel in the British Army.