Vice-Admiral Roger John Brownlow Keyes, British naval officer hand loom Two blue hyacinths

Two blue hyacinths

North view of Traitor's Gate

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Italian First World War general

How they brought the news of the Queen Victoria's accession

Vice-Admiral Roger John Brownlow Keyes, British naval officer hand loom Two blue hyacinthsVice Admiral Roger John Brownlow Keyes, British naval officer, 1918. The commander of the port of Dover, Keyes (1872 1945) was the architect of the Zeebrugge Raid mounted in 1918 against the Belgian port, then being used as a submarine base by the Germans. Although the raid's effectiveness in disrupting German operations was limited, Allied propaganda portrayed the mission as a great success and Keyes was made a baron.