Major General R.F.L. Keller addressing Canadian troops in Normandy, August 2, 1944.
Born
(1900-10-02)2 October 1900 Tetbury, Gloucestershire, England
Died
21 June 1954(1954-06-21) (aged 53) London
Allegiance
Canada
Service/branch
Canadian Army
Rank
Major General
Commands held
3rd Canadian Infantry Division
Battles/wars
Second World War
Awards
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Major General Rodney Frederick Leopold Keller CBE (2 October 1900 – 21 June 1954) was a notable Canadian Army officer who rose to divisional-level command in the Second World War. He commanded the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division which was assigned to take Juno Beach during the D-Day invasion.
Beach during the D-Day invasion. RodKeller was born England and moved to Kelowna, British Columbia around 1902. Keller left BC and entered the Royal Military...
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Northwest Europe, commanding the division in place of the fired Major General RodKeller until the end of the Rhineland campaign in March 1945. The commander of...
Orgy. Bantam. p. 181. ISBN 978-0-553-38505-2. Keller, Julia (March 6, 2001). "Where Had You Gone, Rod Mckuen?". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original...
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Headquarters 3rd Canadian Division. General officer commanding: Major General RodKeller 3rd Infantry Division Signals Regiment, Royal Canadian Corps of Signals...
Crocker) was to land with the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division (Major-General RodKeller) to the west on Juno with the 2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade and advance...
Canadian Infantry Division, Major-General RodKeller. Crerar was disappointed, as he was considering Keller as a replacement for Burns in Italy. Montgomery...
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to inflict upwards of 1,500 casualties on the Germans. Major General RodKeller was removed from his command of the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division, after...
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American film noir crime film directed by Harry Keller and starring Colleen Miller, Charles Drake and Rod Taylor. It is a remake of the 1943 Alfred Hitchcock...
Marthe Keller (born 28 January 1945) is a Swiss actress. She is perhaps best known for her role in the film Marathon Man (1976), for which she was nominated...
Canadian Infantry Division, under the command of Major-General R. F. L. Keller. The Allied need for additional airfields on the Normandy mainland, ensured...
Red beach The commander of the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division, General RodKeller, said the SP's "put on the best shoot they ever did." The Field Regiments...
CMG, DSO 1888 Canadian Army officer, New Zealand General Major-General RodKeller CD, CBE Canadian Army Officer, 3rd Canadian Infantry Division; Kelowna...
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Charles Keightley, along with both Henry Wells of the Australian Army and RodKeller of the Canadian Army. While there, on 16 October 1935, he was promoted...
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