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 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.
First name:
GEORGE WILLIAM
Military Number:
755515
Rank:
Bombardier
Date Died
28/05/1917
Place died:
Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
35
