WORLD WAR I: 1914 – 1918
The assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand by a Serbian Nationalist in
The war became notorious for trench warfare, especially
on the Western Front, which stretched for 440 miles from the Swiss border to the
In May 1915, John McCrae wrote “In Flanders Fields” that provides us with an insight into the conflict: -
In Flanders fields the poppies
blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the
guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take
up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We
shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
On 24 April 1915, an amphibious force of British, French, Australian, and
Among other notable events were;
aerial warfare, including large-scale bombing and air reconnaissance, the widespread use of chemical warfare, the use of flamethrowers,
and the introduction of mechanical warfare, namely the use of tanks on 15 September 1916 at the Somme. The German’s use of U-boats
in restricted and unrestricted submarine warfare in the Atlantic to deprive the
This section has been compiled from information contained on the
Unit Name |
Name/Rank/Details |
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17th (COUNTY OF LONDON) BATTALION (POPLAR AND STEPNEY RIFLES) |
· Lieutenant Walter Richard Keep |
|
ARMY CYCLIST CORPS |
· Lance Corporal Alfred
Henry Keep, Regiment number: 1906 |
|
ARMY ORDNANCE CORPS |
· Acting
Staff Sergeant Wilfred L. Keep, Regiment number: A1276 |
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ARMY SERVICE CORPS |
· Private
Arthur Edward Keep, Regiment number: M2/269336 · Driver Charles Keep, Regiment number: T4/044475 · Private Charles Keep, Regiment number: A/386540 · Driver Charles R. Keep, Regiment number: T1 2728 · Private Ernest Keep, Regiment number: S4/109964 · Driver F. George Keep, Regiment number: T4040107 · Private Fred Keep, Regiment number: M2/079098 killed 8 September 1916 aged 31 buried at Kingsclere (ST. Mary) Churchyard · Private Frederick Arthur Keep, Regiment number: DM2 170536 · Private George Frederick Keep, Regiment number:
M/303795 · Private Harry Keep, Regiment number: SS/16492 · Private Acting Sergeant HerbertJohn Keep, Regiment number: SS/16479 · Driver John Keep, Regiment number: T4/245084 · Driver Victor Keep, Regiment number: T4/212889 · Private William Keep, Regiment number: 23231 |
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ARMY
VETERINARY CORPS |
· Private Frederick Keep. Regiment number: SE/23762 · Horse Keeper
Harold E. Keep, Regiment number: 13373 |
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THE BEDFORDSHIRE REGIMENT |
v Corporal Alfred Keep, 1st
Battalion, Regiment number: 23286. He was killed in action in · Private
Arthur C. Keep, Regiment number: 9183 · Private Cecil Arthur Keep, Regiment number: 27048 v Captain Douglas
Scrivener Howard Keep born 17 June 1893 in St. Leonards Sydney Colony, · Private Ernest Keep, Regiment number: 18539 · Private Frank Keep, Regiment number: 4126 · Private Frederick John Keep, Regiment number: 21879 Killed: 1918: · Private John Keep, Regiment number: 372/11 v Major Leslie Howard Keep born 5 October 1886 in Auckland New |
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BERKSHIRE YEOMANRY |
· Private Arthur Keep, Regiment number: 2098 |
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COLDSTREAM GUARDS |
· Private Walter J. Keep, Regiment number: 23255 |
|
CYCLIST CORPS |
· Lance Corporal WilliamCharles Keep, Regiment number: 1937 |
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DEVONSHIRE REGIMENT |
· Private Charles Norman Keep,Regiment number: 20255 · Private Wilfred Keep, Regiment number: 30973 killed 31 May 1918 aged 19 Commemorated at The Soissons Memorial |
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DRAGOON GUARDS |
· Private Frank Keep, Regiment number: 7490 | |
DUKE OF |
· Private Harry Keep, Regiment number: 14577 | |
EAST KENT REGIMENT |
· Private Clarence Keep, Regiment number: G/3358 born Buckinghamshire · Private Robert Keep, Regiment number:
G/20929 · Private S. A. Keep, Regiment number: 3658 · Private William Keep, Regiment number: 6579
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EAST SURREY REGIMENT |
· Private Sidney C. Keep, Regiment number: 37878 · Second Lieutenant Douglas William Keep, killed 16 October 1918 aged 22 buried at Romeries Communal Cemetery Extension grave II. C.
17. · Private William Alfred Keep, Regiment number: 589
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