William John Keen
British Army officer
About William John Keen
Lived 1873 – 1958 (aged 84–85).
Lieutenant-Colonel William John Keen, CIE, CBE, JP (1873 – 26 July 1958) served as the Chief Commissioner of the North-West Frontier Province of British India from 1925 until 1926.
Commissioned a second lieutenant in the British Army in 1892, he transferred to the Indian Army in 1894 and won promotion to lieutenant in 1895 and to Captain of the Indian Staff Corps on 19 November 1902. In 1910 he became a Major. He was appointed a CIE in 1915.
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British Army officer
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William John Keen was born in 1873.
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William John Keen died in 1958.
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