BORN HULL 24/09/1882. ELDEST SON OF GEORGE WILLIAM MCKEE (1857 – 1915) & SARAH HARRIET WHITE, OF 5 LAUREL AVENUE, WELLSTED STREET, HULL (1901 CENSUS) AND 1 CALIDARE AVENUE, BRIGHTON STREET, HULL. ONE OF THREE BROTHERS, KILLED IN THE WAR. A FORMER SEAMAN.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. JOINING THE ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. HE DIED OF WOUNDS, AT ETAPLES, ON 28/05/1917, AGED 35.
HIS WAR PENSION WENT TO HIS PARTNER, MISS JOHANNA SOPHIA KOOLMA, AT 32, RUGBY STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION RECORDS). SHE WAS AWARDED A 19/2 PENSION WEEKLY.
HIS BROTHER, JOHN EDWARD McKEE, NORFOLK REGIMENT, WAS KILLED AT LOOS IN 1915, AGED 27.
HIS BROTHER THOMAS HENRY McKEE, 9TH ESSEX REGIMENT WAS KILLED IN FRANCE ON 2/02/1918, AGED 28.
THEY LEFT SISTERS, ANNIE, FLORENCE, SARAH, ETHEL AND YOUNGEST BROTHER, RICHARD.
| Name | George William McKee |
|---|---|
| Birth Place | Hull |
| Death Date | 28 May 1917 |
| Death Place | France and Flanders |
| Enlistment Place | Hull |
| Rank | A BDR. |
| Regiment | Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Field Artillery |
| Battalion | Territorial Force |
| Regimental Number | 755515 |
| Type of Casualty | Died of wounds |
| Theatre of War | Western European Theatre |
