Frederick Charles Keyser
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
RankLieutenant-Colonel
Commands heldRoyal Fusiliers
Battles/warsBattle of Tell El Kebir

Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Charles Keyser CB (1841–1920) was a Commanding Officer in the Royal Fusiliers.[1][2][3][4][5] Under Garnet Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley, he was in Command of the Signalling Party during the Egyptian Campaign of 1882.[1] He was present at the Battle of Tell El Kebir after which he was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath.[1] His last appointment in the Army was Inspector-General of Signalling, a position he held for five years.[1] He married twice, his second wife being the daughter of Sir Benjamin Gordon KCB, who survived him.[1][6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Obituary in The Times, Colonel F.C. Keyser C.B., 6 April 1920, p.13
  2. ↑ "No. 22145". The London Gazette. 28 May 1858. p. 2638.
  3. ↑ "No. 26956". The London Gazette. 12 April 1898. p. 2353.
  4. ↑ "Colonel Frederick Charles Keyser". Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
  5. ↑ Luscombe, Stephen. "Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)". www.britishempire.co.uk. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
  6. ↑ "Dod's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, of Great Britain and Ireland, for ...: Including All the Titled Classes". S. Low, Marston & Company. 22 April 2019. Retrieved 22 April 2019 – via Google Books.
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