Keys Fred 2nd Lieutenant 92419

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Name Keys Fred
Army number 92419
Rank 2nd Lieutenant
Decorations
Date of birth
Age 28
Unit Commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery 8/7/1939. Posted to 125th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery. To Command School of Artillery, York, for Course, 15/4/1940. Converted to 125th Anti-Tank Regiment. Died as a PoW.
Company/Battery
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade
Promotions Lieutenant, Captain.
Wounded
Prisoner of War Yes. Captured Singapore 15/2/1942.
Died/Killed in action 12/9/1944.
Home address Son of Fred and Elizabeth Keys. Husband of Doris Keys of Whitburn, Sunderland. Commemorated on the Singapore Memorial - Panel 2.
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Captain Keys is commemorated on the following local War Memorials :-

http://www.newmp.org.uk/detail.php?contentId=8471

http://www.newmp.org.uk/detail.php?contentId=6387