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Sub Lieutenant
Keith Vivian Frank
HARRIS
RNVR
Died On:
Aged:
26 July 1944
20
Keith Harris was the son of Lieutenant Colonel Frank Harris and Rosamund Kathleen Harris.
He was the No. 1 Crewman of Chariot No. LXXVII killed when he hit the keel of HMS BONAVENTURE whilst moving at full speed during a practice dived approach. The No. 2 of the Chariot managed to bring it to the surface but before Keith Harris could be cut out of his diving suit he was already dead.
Keith Harris was buried at sea with full naval honours. He is commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval War Memorial on Panel No. 88 Column No. 1.
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