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==Background== Keyes was the oldest son of Admiral of the Fleet [[Roger Keyes, 1st Baron Keyes]], a British naval hero of the [[First World War]] and the first Director of [[Combined Operations Headquarters|Combined Operations]] during the Second World War. He attended [[King's Mead School]] in [[Seaford, East Sussex|Seaford]], Sussex, then [[Eton College|Eton]] and the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst]]. Keyes was a member of the [[Marylebone Cricket Club]].<ref>{{cite web|title=World War Rolls of Honour at Lord's |publisher=MCC |date=6 November 2007 |url=http://www.lords.org/latest-news/news-archive/world-war-rolls-of-honour-at-lords,959,NS.html |accessdate=20 December 2007 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071130065007/http://www.lords.org//latest-news/news-archive/world-war-rolls-of-honour-at-lords,959,NS.html |archivedate=30 November 2007}}</ref>
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