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Frederick Charles Keyser
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service / branch	British Army
Rank	Lieutenant-Colonel
Commands	Royal Fusiliers
Battles / wars	Battle of Tell El Kebir

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

References

1. ^ 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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