In Memory Of
KEELER, OSCAR ALAN
Service Details
Age:
28
Date of Birth:
1889-09-08
Rank:
Lieutenant
Unit:
7th Bn.
Unit 2:
attd. 17th Bn. King's Royal Rifle Corps
Regiment:
London Regiment
Date of Death:
1917-09-20
Cause of Death:
Killed in action
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Panels 52 to 54.
Cemetery:
YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL
Localitly:
Ieper, West-Vlaanderen
Country:
Belgium
Additional Information
Decorations:
M C
Citations:
LG 7 March 1916 - "For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He held the line for three days before the attack under very difficult conditions and heavy shell fire. In the attack he prevented a threatened check by dashing forward and leading his company to the objective. He set a splendid example of determination and contempt of danger."
Son of Margaret and the late Alfred John Keeler, of 502, Moore Rd., Durban, Natal, South Africa. Commemoration stone in the Durban (West Street) Cemetery.
 MEMORIAL/Menin Gate by Ralph/DSC_0252.jpg)