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MILITARY ROSTER WORLD WAR I, 
BRITAIN AND THE EMPIRE
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Britain and the Empire
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Name/Rank/Details

WORCESTERSHIRE REGIMENT

 

·     Private Edgar Keep, Regiment number: 18716, killed 20 December 1915 aged 26, buried at ST. Vaast Post Military Cemetery, Richebourg-L'avoue, grave II. H. 7.

·    Private William J Keep, Regiment number: 50943               

 

 

 

WORCESTERSHIRE YEOMANRY

 

·     Private Francis Eric Keep, Regiment number: 2546

 

 

 

 

YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY

 

·     Corporal Fred Keep, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, Regiment number: 23287 killed 9 April 1917 buried at Wancourt British Cemetery, grave VII. H 4.

·     Private Thomas Keep, Regiment number: 31424

 

 

 

THE ROYAL MARINES

·     Private Arthur Owen Keep, Register Number: 1875 Light Infantry: Portsmouth born 23 May 1884 Enlisted 5 Jun 1916

·     Private Edward Keep, Register Number: 11878 Royal Marine Light: Chatham born 28 Jan1882 Enlisted 3 Oct 1900

·     Private Francis Charles William Keep, Register Number: 14682 Light Infantry: Portsmouth born 7 Apr 1886 Enlisted 17 Nov 1904

·     Private Frederick Keep, Register Number: Deal/1881(S), born: 11 Nov 1886, Enlisted 1 Jan 1915 killed 22 Mar 1918 Commemorated at The Arras Memorial, Bay 1.

·     Private J Keep, Register Number: CH/10719 Light Infantry killed 9 Aug 1918 buried East Mudros Military Cemetery, grave III. I. 247.

·    Private Joseph Keep, Register Number: 8435 Light Infantry: Plymouth born: 24 Aug 1879 Enlisted 15 Feb 1897

·    Private Robert Albert William Keep, Register Number:  CH/20953 Light Infantry killed 20 Jan 1918 whilst on board the HMS Louvain which was torpedoed. He had two brothers Private George Henry Keep and Lance Corporal Joseph G. Keep, see above. Commemorated at TheChatham Naval Memorial reference 30.

·     Private Walter Frederick Keep, Register Number: PO/1657S, Light Infantry Portsmouth born 29 Aug 1886, Enlisted 9 December 1916 killed 6 Nov 1917 Commemorated at the Tyne Cot Memorial Panel 1 and 162A.                       

ROYAL NAVY

 

·     Temporary Sub Lieutenant Albert Keep, Date of Birth: 18 June 1886

·    Able Seaman Arthur Norman Keep, Service Number: 211447 killed on 21 January 1918 aged 34 Commemorated at Plymouth Naval Memorial ref: 27.

·     Able Seaman Joseph Leonard Keep, Service Number:  SS/2907 killed 10 June 1915 commemorated at The Chatham Naval Memorial

·     Able Seaman Ronald James Keep, Service Number: 3/3519 Date of Birth: 22 March 1891    

ROYAL NAVAL VOLUNTEER RESERVE

·     Albert Keep, 1894-1922

·     George Keep, Service Number: 6/26 RNVR Division: Sussex

 

 

 

ROYAL AIR FORCE 1918 - 1919

·     A D Keep

·    Arthur Stuart Keep

·     Edgar William Keep

·     Francis Eric Keep

·    George Robert Keep

·     J A Keep

·     Percy Keep

·     Ralph Leslie Keep

·     W R Keep

WOMEN’S ROYAL AIR FORCE

 

·     Alice Martha Keep, Service number: 17086, date 28 August 1918

·     Nellie Keep, Service number: 5743, date 10 January 1918

·     Sarah Keep, Service number: 14450, date  15 July 1918

 

 

 

OTHERS WHO SERVED (NO FURTHER DETAILS AT PRESENT)

·    A. B. Keep

·     Bert Keep

·     Cecil Byron Keep

·     Christopher John Martin Keep

·     David John Keep

·     Frank Hudson Keep

·     George Thomas Keep, Surrey

·     George William Keep, Middlesex

·     Harry J. Keep

·    Henry T. Keep

·     Herbert Keep

·     Herbert Leonard Keep

·     Igal James Keep

·     James Keep, Surrey

·     Jem Keep

·     Jesse Keep

·    L. H. Keep

·     T. .G Keep

·     Thomas Keep

·     William Keep, Middlesex

·    William Keep, Bedfordshire

·     William Keep, Middlesex

·     William Keep, Kent

·    William Keep, Cambridgeshire

AUSTRALIAN FIELD ARTILLERY

v Lieutenant John Leonard Keep, 7th Field Artillery Brigade, Battery 27, Regiment number: 18885 Enlisted 15 November 1915 Victoria Barracks New South Wales, Aged 21, Born Cumberland New South Wales, single, Occupation: Clerk, Next of kin: L Keep, c/o J Keep & Sons Ltd, Clarence Street, Sydney, New South Wales (Father) Previous military service: 40th Infantry Embarked: 11 May 1916 from Sydney, New South Wales on the HMAT Argyllshire. At the end of the war he did not return to Australia immediately. Son of Leonard and Jessie KEEP born on 2 February 1895 in Burwood Sydney Colony, Australia

AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS

 

v Corporal Leslie Thomas Keep, 5th Field Company Engineers, Regiment number: 3062 Enlisted: 31 July 1915, Melbourne, Victoria, Born Benambra, Victoria, Aged 25, single, Next of Kin: Thomas Charles Keep (Father), 50 Park Street, St Kilda, Victoria, Occupation: Surveyor Embarked:24 November 1915 from Melbourne on the HMAT Ceramic, Wounded on 5 September 1917 and lost left eye. Returned to Australia 27 August 1917, awarded the Military Medal, Citation: Valuable reconnaissance work, displaying conspicuous courage under fire (Pozieres). Recommended: 15 August 1916

AUSTRALIAN FIELD AMBULANCE

·      Driver Alfred Arthur Keep, 8th Field Ambulance, Section A,Regiment number: 6638, Enlisted:   29 April 1915, at Liverpool New South Wales born St Peters, New South Wales aged 25 single, Next of kin: Mrs Sarah Keep, Bowen's Road, Kogarah, New South Wales (Mother), Occupation: Postal assistant, Date of Embarkation: 10 November 1915 from Melbourne on HMAT Ascanius Returned to Australia 19 April 1919

AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE

·    Private Albert Senior Keep, 40TH Battalion Regiment number: TB42 Enlisted: Claremont Tasmania 6 March 1916 Next of Kin: Charles Keep,South Spreyton, Tasmania Born: Nook, Tasmania Discharged medically unfit 21 November 1916 gastric ulcer & gastric problems.

·    Private Andrew Keep, Regiment number: Depot, Born Devonport Tasmania, Next of Kin: William Keep (Father), Sprevton, Tasmania, Occupation: Farmer, Joined 9 August 1916, Discharged 5 October 1916 under aged unable to gain parental consent.

v Private Edward Francis Keep, Enlisted:Burwood New South Wales born in 1899 in Burwood Sydney Colony Next of Kin: Walter John Keep (Father) & Alice Lillian Keep (nee Siddeley) Occupation: Horse Trainer USA: Ellis Island Immigrant Records Edward Francis Keep Ethnicity: Gt. Britain, English Last Place of Residence: Sydney, Australia Date of Arrival: Sep 26, 1919 Age at Arrival:  19y 8m Gender: M Marital Status: S Ship of Travel: Mauretania Port of Departure: Southampton

·     Private Charles Joseph Keep, Regiment number: TA891, Enlisted at Claremont Tasmania Born: Devonport Tasmania Next of Kin: Alfred Ernest Keep (Father) medically discharged 23 May 1917

AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION

 

·     Private Richard Sidney Keep, 16 Infantry Battalion, Regiment number: 1346. Enlisted:9 December 1914 at Oakland aged 23, single, Occupation: Miner, Address: Broken Hill, New South Wales, Next of kin: Mrs K Watkins, 4 Salisbury Road, Linton Chatham, England (Sister), Embarked: 2 February 1915 from Melbourne on HMAT Clan McGillivray, Arrived in Gallipoli on 25 April 1915, Returned to Australia 21 July 1918, Awarded the Military Medal

·      Sergeant Francis Charles William Keep, 13th Infantry Battalion, Regiment number: 1199, Enlisted: 29 October 1914, at Liverpool New South Wales, aged 27, single, born Folkestone, Kent. England Next of kin:  Mrs M Keep, Cliff Farm Allcanningo, Devizes Wiltshire, England, (Mother) Occupation:  Bushman Date of Embarkation: 22 December 1914 from Melbourne on HMAT Berrima, Discharged 12 February 1918, medically unfit.

v  Lance Corporal James Wortley Keep, 17 Infantry Battalion A Company, Regiment number: 381Enlisted: 11 February 1915 at Liverpool New South Wales, Aged 18 born 30 November 1896 at St Peters New South Wales single Occupation: Electrician Next of kin: Thomas Henry Keep, 1 St Peters Street, St Peters, Sydney, New South Wales (Father), Embarked: 12 May 1915 from Sydney, New South Wales on the HMAT Themistocles. Gassed on 3 October 1918 and hospitalised in Bristol, discharged from hospital on 23 December 1918. Returned to Australia 2 March 1919

·      Private Wesley Simmons Keep, 15th Infantry Battalion, 20th Reinforcement. Regiment number: 6295, Enlisted: 3 January 1916 at  Rockhampton, Queensland born at Davenport Tasmania Age 19 single Address Edmonton via Cairns, North Queensland Occupation: Labourer Next of kin C Keep, South Spreyton, Tasmania (Father). Date of Embarkation: 7 September 1916 from Brisbane, Queensland, on the HMAT Clan McGillivray.Was admitted to 3rd Australian General Hospital on 24Febury 1917 suffering from frostbite of feet. Returned to Australia 10 May 1919

AUSTRALIAN  LIGHT HORSE

·     Private William Keep, 3rd Light Horse, C Squadron, Regiment number: 6638, Enlistment: Devonport, Tasmania 5 June 1917 Aged 26 Place of Birth: Devonport, Tasmania, Next of Kin Annie Leary (Guardian), Widower with two children, Farm Labourer, Medically discharged 2 September 1918 Chronic Rheumatism

 

AUSTRALIAN MACHINE GUN CORPS

·      Private Harry Albert Keep, 14 Machine Gun Company, Regiment number: 329 Enlisted: Sydney NSW, aged 26, single, born Sydenham, New South Wales Occupation: Postal sorter Next of kin: Mrs Sarah Keep, 'Gloucester', Bown's Road, Kogarah, NSW (Mother), Embarked: 16 Aug 1916 from Melbourne, on the RMS Orontes. On 22 Jul 1917 had his right leg amputated at Tooting Hospital, London. Returned to Australia 16 Mar 1918.

·      Private Sydney Crate Keep, 1 Infantry Battalion, 3rd Machine Gun Battalion Regiment number: 3767 Enlisted: 20 Sep 1915 at Holdsworthy NSW Next of kin: W Keep, Kent Road, Mascot, Sydney, NSW (Uncle) Parents shown as; Samuel and Eva Keep, Occupation: Boot Finisher, Embarked: 11 Dec 1915 from Sydney on RMS Mooltan, Killed in Action 30 Sep 1918 buried at Ste Emilie Valley Cemetery (Plot III, Row C, Grave No. 5), Villers-Faucon, France, Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial: 176.  

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