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In Memory of
FREDERICK WILLIAM KEYES
Private, F/29690
West Nova Scotia Regiment, RCIC
who died 29 age
on 02 August 1943

Remembered with honour
AGIRA WAR CEMETERY, SICILY



Born on 16 December 1919, Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada Son of Mr. and Mrs. F. Keyes;
Husband of Maisie Joan Keyes, of Newhaven, Sussex, England

Fred Keyes was killed in action during the advance on Monte Criscina. The A and D companies were under heavy machine gun fire and a hail of bullets came at them. Fred Keyes was killed in action while carrying a message across the deadly open to Lieutenant Charles Reeves. Lieutenant Reeves was heavily wounded and died short after Fred.
Fred lived in Bedford (NS) with his aunt and uncle. He didn't have any relatives. He enlisted in the Canadian Army on the 3rd of October 1939 in Halifax and was sent overseas. In England he married Maisie Joan Fitzgerald of Newhaven, Sussex on the 10th of April 1943. Maisie served in the Women's Royal Naval Service and died in 2001. She never remarried...


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Name: Keyes, Fred William, F W
Rank: Private
Service: F/29690
Unit Text:
Regiment: West Nova Scotia Regiment, R.C.I.C.
Date of Death: 02/08/1943
Age: 23
Grave Reference: B. G. 227
Casuality:
Inscription: May he rest in peace



Fallen Soldiers

Seaforth Highlanders of Canada
ALEXY, DAN JOHN, D J
ASSELIN, MAURICE, M
CROMB, CHARLES ALEXANDER, C A
FERGUSON, JOHN, J T
FRENCH, ARTHUR VERNON, A V
HALL, FRANK CONSTANT, F C
KING, RONALD DAVID BEAUMONT, R D B
LORIMER, ROBERT JOHNSTON, R J
LUCAS, DONALD ALFRED, D A
MAC DONALD, WILLIAM KENNETH, W K
MERCER, HUGH, H
O'BRIEN, ROBERT, R
OLIVER REGINALD BATES, O R
POOLE, JAMES CLIFFORD, J C
SILLERS, WILLIAM JOHN BALFOUR, W J B
SIMPSON, THOMAS F., T F
TAPLEY, CYRUS LUSWELL, C L

Royal Canadian Regiment
ALLISON, WILLIAM, W R
ANDERSON, HUGH R., H R
BALDWIN, FREDERICK, F
BOYCE, LEONARD WALLACE, L W
CAMERON, ALVIN, A
CROWE, RALPH MARSTON, R M
CUMMINGS, DOUGLAS, D M
GIGGEY, JAMES FREDERICK, J F
NORTON, JOSEPH ERNEST, J E
POPE, JOHN HENRY WILLIAM, J H W
TOULOUSE, CECIL LAVERNE, C L
TURNER, FREDERICK, F A
WALLACE, JAMES, J B

Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, R.C.I.C.
ANDROS, JACK ALBERT, J A
BOULTON, WILBERT ROY, W R
BROWN, ALBERT, A
BROWN, GEORGE DONALD, G D
COUSINS, SIDNEY JOHN, S J
CURRIE, CECIL HARVEY, C H
EGERTON, LOUIS MARTIN, L M
GARNEAU, DANIEL, D
GILL, BASIL ERIC, B E
HORN, JOHN ARCY, J D A
Mc FEE, SAMUEL, S
McKAY, EUGENE JOSEPH, E J
NICOLL, JAMES, J
SCHOLEY, JOHN RICHARD, J R

Loyal Edmonton Regiment, R.C.I.C.
BAXTER, EDWARD ROY, E R
BRYANT, FRANKLYN NOLAN, F N
CAMERON, JAMES ALEXANDER, J A
CHRISTIE, EARL JOHN, E J
HAMMELL, JAMES SHANNON, J S
McEwan, Robert, R wan
WESS, WILLIAM, W
ZILNIC, SERGIE, S

Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment, R.C.I.C.
BLAND, RAYMOND PHILLIP, R P
CLEMENTS, ALFRED WILSON, A W
FORTIER, MICHEL ONESIME, M O
HIE, HARTLEY ALBERT ELWOOD, H A E
JOHNSON, ERNEST, E
KINNEAR, CALVIN, C
McCORMICK, CECIL EDWIN, C E
NASH, FERDINAND LEONARD, F L
PITT, LLOYD, L J
PUNCHARD, FREDERICK ERNEST, F E
RORABECK, BASIL GERALD, B G
SUTCLIFFE, BRUCE ALBERT, B A
TAYLOR, JOHN RAYMOND, J R

West Nova Scotia Regiment, R.C.I.C.
BLINN, JOSEPH HOWARD, J H
BOUDREAU, ANDREW, A W
BOWER, HORACE LENT, H L C
BROWN, WILLIAM LEONARD, W L
DOUCETTE, GERALD JOSEPH, G J
ELLIS, RICHARD HARTNEY, R H
FARRIS, HAROLD WILLIAM, H W
GORMAN, LAURIE EUGENE, L E
HICKS, HARRY ANGUS, H A
KEYES, FRED WILLIAM, F W
PACE, WILLIAM KERR, W K
PERRY, CLARENCE ALBERT, C A
PETTIFER, ERNEST HENRY, E H
REEVES, CHARLES CHESTER, C C
RHULAND, DENNIS AUBREY, D A
RICHARD, LEON JOSEPH, L J
VEINOTTE, LARRY WILLOUGHBY, L W
ZWICKER, WILLOUGHBY BRUNT, W B

Royal 22e Regiment, R.C.I.C.
BRAULT, GILLES, G
CHARDOLA, JEAN, J P
DION, PAUL ARMAND, P A
FILIATRAULT, LEOPOLD, L
LABRIE, NAPOLEON, N
LAVIGNE, LEONCE, L
LEBEL, MARCEL, M
PRIMEAU, FERNAND, F
TARTE, JOSEPH EPHREM, J E

Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps
BROWN, HENRY, H
CURRY, HUGH NATHANIEL HAROLD, H N H
GILES, HARVARD, H

Royal Canadian Engineers
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COLLINS, CHARLES EDWARD, C E
DAIGLE, JOSEPH, J
JEFFERYS, CHARLES ROSS, C R
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Royal Canadian Artillery
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COBURN, STANLEY RUSSELL, S R
COOKE, THOMAS AUSTIN, T A
SMITH, LEONARD ADAM, L A
TERRY, DAVID DOUGLAS, D D
WATEROUS, CHARLES HORATIO, C H

Carleton and York Regiment, R.C.I.C.
DEVOE, ARCHIE JOSEPH, A J
PELLETIER, LEON HUBERT, L H
TAYLOR, GRAYDON, G A

Three Rivers Regiment, R.C.A.C.
DILIO, JAMES MICHAEL VINCENT, J M V
HAMILTON, JOSEPH LAMBERT, J L
KANE, BERNARD MANUS, B M
NORMAN, JOSEPH, J W
WILLOUGHBY, CHARLES, C

4th Princess Louise Dragoon Guards, R.C.A.C.
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Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
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Royal 22e Regiment
KNOWN UNTO GOD

Saskatoon Light Infantry (M.G.), R.C.I.C.
LEGGO, JAMES GORDON, J G
LENIUK, JOHN, J
LUNN, ERNEST PEARSON, E P

48th Highlanders of Canada, R.C.I.C.
LEITH, IRVINE WLLLIAM, I W
MORTON, ARTHUR, A
PARKES, ORVILLE FREDERICK, O F
PICARD, MURRAY JOSEPH, M J

Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps
SNOW, WILLARD STRINGAM, W S

Royal Canadian Corps of Signals
WALKER, NORMAN ALAN, N A

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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