Colonel Christopher Patrick Benedict Keeble, DSO, MSc, FCMI (born 14 November 1941) is a retired officer in the British Army, most noted for his service in the Falklands War of 1982. He was born in Quetta, British India. He was educated at Douai School (Roman Catholic), Berkshire and at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst. He was commissioned into the Royal Leicestershire Regiment in 1963. He joined the Parachute Regiment in 1971. During the Battle of Goose Green, he inherited command of the 2nd Battalion of The Parachute Regiment (2 PARA) when Lieutenant-Colonel H. Jones was killed in action. Keeble (who held the rank of major at the time), a devout Christian, took over command of the battalion at a stage where one in six of his men were killed or wounded, they were largely out of ammun