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Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Dunfermline
Town
Aberdour
County
Fife
Country
Scotland
Commemoration
VC or GC Recipients, Second World War (1939-1945)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
44831

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Current location

St Filan's Church Hall
Main Street
Aberdour
Dunfermline
Fife
KY3 0SW
Scotland

OS Grid Ref: NT 18964 85286
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
Externally mounted granite tablet, with the regimental crest top centre, and inscribed lettering.
Inscription
LIEUTENANT COLONEL/ GEOFFREY CHARLES TASKER KEYES/ V.C, M.C., CROIX DE GUERRE/ BORN IN ABERDOUR ON 18TH MAY 1917/ KILLED IN ACTION ON 18TH NOVEMBER 1941/ WHILE LEADING THE 11TH (SCOTTISH) COMMANDO RAID/ ON GENERAL ROMMEL'S REAR HEADQUARTERS/ IN LIBYA
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Keyes, Geoffrey Charles Tasker
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Commemorations
  • VC or GC Recipients
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: rank, surname, date of death, regiment, place of death, forenames, place of birth, manner of death, date of birth, decorations
    Order of information: Undefined
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: rank, surname, date of death, regiment, place of death, forenames, place of birth, manner of death, date of birth, decorations
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Tablet
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Granite
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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