Basic Details
Surname
Keatinge
Forenames
E G L
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative forename
Eustace Gabriel Laurence
Served or died
Died
Notes
Entered College in Michaelmas Term, 1911. A member of 1st VIII in Eights Week, 1912 – 1914; Hirst Sculls, 1912; Athletics team (President, 1913 – 1914). University Athletics team (high jump), 1914. Assistant Editor, The Clock Tower, 1912 – 1914. A member of the University Contingent of the Officers’ Training Corps. 3rd History and B.A., 1914. Commenced service on 3 October 1914. Second Lieutenant., 2nd Battalion, attached 3rd Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers, 1914; Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion, 1915; attached 2nd Battalion Durham Light Infantry, 1918. Served in France and Belgium. Killed in action, France, 13 April 1918: CWGC confirms this was more likely Belgium given his burial place.
Primary Service
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Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
Belgium
Town of death
Ypres
Country of burial
France
Town of burial
Ypres
Cemetery
Polygon Wood Cemetery
Year of death
1918
Month of death
April
Day of death
13
Age at death
27
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action