Commemorated: | |||
| 1. Memorial: | Bordighera British Cemetery | III. A. 6. | |
| 2. Memorial: | The (1940) Scroll - WW1 Roll of Honour | 47D GQS | |
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Family :
He was the youngest son of the late Dr Thomas Keith M.D and Elizabeth Johnstone Keith of Edinburgh.George was educated at the Royal High School, Edinburgh and Edinburgh University - entering as a student of medicine in 1882, he qualified M.B., C.M. in 1887, having spent a year on a ranch in Texas before graduating. He held appointments in Edinburgh under the late professor Annandale, and then the following year went to New York, where, after taking the M.D. degree at the Long Island College, Brooklyn, became house surgeon at the Woman's hospital - whilst there came in close contact with the leading gynecologists of America. George accompanied Lord Randolph Churchill when he went around the world in his vain search for health. He then settled down in Manchester Square, London, where he devoted himself more especially to midwifery. He also became part author of a text-book on abdominal surgery, and for 10 or 12 years devoted a large part of his time to the treatment of cancer by injection, the early account of the work being contained in "Cancer: Relief of Pain and Possible Cure."
Service Life:
Campaigns:
- The First World War 1914-1918, World-wide.
| Unit / Ship / Est.: Royal Army Medical Corps |
| Action : Post War |
Post War includes all operations in all theatres up to 31st August 1921. This excludes the campaign in Russia against the Bolsheviks. It also includes men who succombed to wounds post war and who died from various causes whilst still in the services but post war.
Detail :
George had served as a Medical Officer for the Red Cross, 15th Detachment, City of London. He joined the R.A.M.C. in July 1915, and was promoted to Captain in 1916. He entered the war on H.M.H.S. "Britannic" on 23rd September 1916, and was on-board when the hospital ship hit a mine, laid by the U-73, in the Zea Channel, in the Aegean Sea - he survived. George died of pneumonia, following influenza, at No. 62 General Hospital, Italy.
Masonic :
| Type | Lodge Name and No. | Province/District : |
|---|---|---|
| Mother : | University of Edinburgh No. 2974 E.C. | London |
Initiated | Passed | Raised |
6th January 1915 | - | - |
George was initiated into the University of Edinburgh Lodge No. 2974, a lodge which seems predisposed to admit those at Edinburgh University with a penchant for medical discipline. He was listed as a Medical Practitioner, but within a short time was on war service and noted to have "Died Septr 1918." He rose no higher in Freemasonry than that of Entered Apprentice.
Source :
The project globally acknowledges the following as sources of information for research across the whole database:
- The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- The (UK) National Archives
- Ancestry.co.uk - Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History online
- ugle.org.uk - The records of the United Grand Lodge of England including the Library and Museum of Freemasonry
Additional Source:
- Founder Researchers : Paul Masters & Mike McCarthy
- Researcher : Bruce Littley