Major-General Richard Keith-Jones CB, MBE, MC (1913–1992) was a British Army officer.
[2] He saw action in the Italian campaign during the Second World War, for which he was awarded the Military Cross.
[3][4] After the war he became a GSO2 instructor at the Staff College, Camberley, from September 1949 until December 1951,[4] Commander, Royal Artillery (CRA) for 17th Gurkha Division in July 1957 and General Officer Commanding 50th (Northumbrian) Division/District of the Territorial Army in March 1964 before retiring in July 1966.
[5][4] During the 1950s, Keith-Jones was a military assistant to Field Marshal Montgomery as part of his NATO staff.
[1] He was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 1947 Birthday Honours[6] and a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1968 New Year Honours.