Lieutenant FRANCIS RUCK KEENE
Regiment & Unit/Ship
Royal Navy
H.M. Submarine Upholder
Date of Death
Died 18 April 1942
Age 23 years old
- Country of Service United Kingdom
- Awards Distinguished Service Cross
- Additional Info Son of Admiral William George Elmhirst Ruck Keene, M.V.O., J.P., and of Violet Blanche Ruck Keene (nee Hoare), of Highcliffe-on-Sea, Hampshire. His brothers, Charles Frederick and John Charles Lancelot, also died on service.

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