Editing Geoffrey Keyes (VC) (section)

===Early actions===
Geoffrey Keyes was commissioned into the [[Royal Scots Greys]]. He saw action at [[Narvik]]<ref name="Time">{{cite magazine| title = Keyes v. Rommel| magazine = [[Time (magazine)|Time]] | date = 12 January 1942| url = http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,773004,00.html| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081030073719/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,773004,00.html| url-status = dead| archive-date = 30 October 2008| accessdate =20 December 2007 }}</ref> and was later attached to [[No. 11 (Scottish) Commando]], which was sent to the [[Middle East]] as part of [[Layforce]].

Following the [[Syria–Lebanon campaign|Allied invasion of Syria]] on 8 June 1941, No. 11 Commando was sent to lead the [[Battle of the Litani River|crossing of the Litani River]] in [[Lebanon]], fighting successfully against troops of the [[Vichy France|French Vichy]] régime, during which Keyes played a leading part. In this operation, Keyes earned the [[Military Cross]].<ref name="Time"/> Following the action, 11 Commando returned to Cyprus, then to Egypt in August 1941, where the unit was left in limbo. Keyes, who had assumed command of the unit after his commanding officer, Colonel Richard Pedder, was killed during the Litani River offensive, was authorised to retain 110 volunteers as a troop in the [[Middle East Commando]].