About Richard Keightley
Born 1933. Richard Keightley is a British military officer.
Major-General Richard Charles Keightley CB CStJ (born 2 July 1933) is a former British Army officer who became Commandant of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.
Military career Born the son of General Sir Charles Keightley and educated at Marlborough College and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Richard Keightley was commissioned into the 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards in 1953. He took part in the Suez Crisis in 1956.
Family In 1958 he married Caroline Rosemary Butler; they have three daughters.
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Who is Richard Keightley?
British Army general
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Richard Keightley was born on 2 July 1933.
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