Roger Keyes - Being the Biography of Admiral of the Fleet of Zeebrugge and Dover by Cecil Aspinall-Oglander

Hardback, with light blue cloth boards, in very good used condition. Gold titles on navy spinal label. No d/w. Numerous maps and photographic plates. First Edition. Published by The Hogarth Press (1951). 480pp. We will combine multiple purchases for post.

Biography of the famed WWI naval commander and the leader of the Zeebrugge Raid. Admiral of the Fleet Roger John Brownlow Keyes, 1st Baron Keyes, (4 October 1872 – 26 December 1945) was a noted British admiral, with an active service life that included 19th-century African anti-slavery patrols to the Allied landings in Leyte in World War II. He was regarded throughout the British Empire as one of the great military heroes of his day. This is the authorised biography by the official historian of the Gallipoli campaign.