Sidney Arthur Kilworth Keyes (27 May 1922 – 29 April 1943) was an English poet of World War II.
Keyes was born on 27 May 1922 at the family home, only child of Reginald Keyes, of The Homestead, West Hill, Dartford, Kent, a flour miller who had been a captain in the Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment, and his second wife, Edith Mary, daughter of Rev.
He also befriended fellow poets John Heath-Stubbs and Michael Meyer, edited The Cherwell magazine, and formed a dramatic society.
[3] Keyes left Oxford and joined the British Army in April 1942,[6] entering active service that same year.
[9] Keyes was killed in action on 29 April 1943, covering his platoon's retreat during a counter-attack,[3] shortly before his 21st birthday.