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ct. following. His last post card was written on 26 Oct. In
the action at Ypres, on the 29th of that month, the 1st Battn. suffered
very heavily, and after it Kallaway was reported missing. He is now
assumed to have been killed that day; _unm._

 [Illustration: =Edgar Kallaway.=]

=KANE, CHARLES=, Stoker, 1st Class, 302531, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost
in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=KAVANAGH, THOMAS JOSEPH CUTHBERT=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 1521),
177201, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=KEABLE, JOSEPH WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 14165, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=KEAM, GEORGE JAMES=, Seaman, R.N.R., 1893 D., H.M.S. Cressy; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=KEATES, ARTHUR SYDNEY=, A. B., R.N.V.R. Mersey, Z/24, C Coy. Howe
Battn., _s._ of William Keates, of Anfield, by his wife, Jane
Ann, dau. of the late David Greenwood, of Liverpool, Ship's Carpenter,
and gdson. of the late John Keates, of Liverpool, formerly Coldstream
Guards; _b._ Bessbrook, co. Armagh, 27 May, 1897; educ. Walton
Lane Council School, Liverpool, enlisted following the outbreak of war,
7 Sept. 1914, and _d._ in No. 17 Hospital, Alexandria, 15 May,
1915, from wounds in the left hand and shoulder, received in action in
Gallipoli on Sunday, 2 May. On the eve of embarking at Bristol he wrote
to his father: "I am going without the slightest fear of death and with
a true confidence in my Maker. My motto is duty."

 [Illustration: =Arthur Sydney Keates.=]

=KEATES, REGINALD=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 6237), S.S. 2565, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=KEATES, THOMAS TRANCER=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 14113, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=KEELAN, JOHN=, Private, No. 14908, 2nd Battn. Royal Irish Rifles,
eldest _s._ of Patrick Keelan, of 13, Greville Street, Mullingar,
J.P., General Draper, by his wife, Annie, dau. of John Skerrin
Kilkenny; _b._ Mullingar, 13 Dec. 1882; educ. Christian Brothers
Schools there; after the outbreak of war enlisted in the Royal Irish
Rifles on or about 15 Sept. 1914, and was killed in action near Kemmel,
in France, 30 Jan. 1915; _unm._

=KEELER, SIDNEY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 7234), S.S.
102151, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=KEEN, FRED=, Officer's Steward, 1st Class, L. 2470, Portsmouth,
H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20
miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=KEENE, EDWARD=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 13675, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=KEENE, OSWALD REES=, Private, No. 15866, 2nd Battn. Duke of
Wellington's West Riding Regt., eldest _s._ of the late Rev.
Rees Keene, M.A., Oxon, Theological Lecturer at St. Bees College,
and afterwards Rector of Gosforth, co. Cumberland, 1895-1910; by his
wife, Louisa Margaret, 2nd dau. of the late Sir Augustus Helder, M.P.;
_b._ St. Bees, co. Cumberland, 30 April, 1891; educ. Alton School,
Plymouth; The School, Malvern Link, and Malvern College; gazetted 2nd
Lieut. 5th Border Territorial Regt., 31 May, 1911, but was obliged to
retire through ill-health. On the outbreak of war he volunteered, and
enlisted in the 3rd Battn. York and Lancaster Regt., 12 Dec. 1914, and
was afterwards transferred to the Duke of Wellington's. Left for the
Front, 28 April, 1915, and was killed in action on Hill 60 by poisoned
gas, 5 May, 1915. Buried at Ypres; _unm._

=KEENLYSIDE, CECIL ALEXANDER HEADLAM=, Capt., 1st Cambridgeshire
Regt. (T.F.), 3rd _s._ of the late Francis Headlam Keenlyside, of
Gally Law, Weybridge, Barrister-at-Law, by his wife, Mary Anne Hales,
2nd dau. of Edward Charles Hales Wilkie, Lieut., 1st Dragoon Guards
(gddau. of Lieut.-Col. Fletcher Wilkie, 35th and 38th Regt, and gt.
gddau. of Thomas Wilkie, Lieut. 30th Regt., who died in the American
War, 1781); _b._ Surbiton, 23 Oct. 1881; educ. Charterhouse, and
Trinity College, Oxford; and while at the latter joined the Oxfordshire
L.I. and served with them in the South African War. He afterwards
obtained a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the Cambridge Territorials 24
Feb. 1913, and was promoted Lieut. 26 Aug. 1914, and Capt. 16 Sept.
following. On the outbreak of the European War he volunteered for
Imperial service; went to France with his regt., 14 Feb. 1915, and was
killed in action near Armentières, 20 July, 1915. He was struck by a
splinter of shell in the throat and immediately became unconscious,
and died a quarter of an hour later. Col. Copeman, Commanding 1st
Cambridgeshires wrote to his widow: "You ought to be told that his
death is the most grievous blow that has yet befallen the Battn.
That he was at all times an inspiration and help to us all and his
loss is irreparable." He was a very keen cricket and racquet player;
played cricket for his school Charterhouse, and also several times for
Cambridge county. A very active member of the National Service League.
He _m._ at Weybridge, 14 Sept. 1910, Gladys Mary, dau. of the
late Henry Ernest Milne, of Warrenhurst, Weybridge, Barrister-at-Law,
and had two children: Francis Hugh, _b._ 7 July, 1911; and
Phoebe Lavender, _b._ 28 Aug. 1914. His brother, Capt. G. F. H.
Keenlyside, died of wounds (see following notice).

 [Illustration: =Cecil A. H. Keenlyside.=]

=KEENLYSIDE, GUY FRANCIS HEADLAM=, Capt., 1st Battn. Queen's
Own Royal West Kent Regt., 2nd _s._ of the late Francis Headlam
Keenlyside, of Gally Law, Weybridge, Barrister-at-Law, etc. (see
preceding notice); _b._ 9 Jan. 1880, educ. Charterhouse and
Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Royal West Kent Regt., 12 Aug. 1899,
and promoted Lieut. 5 June, 1901, and Capt. 21 Sept. 1904; was Adjutant
of Volunteers, 16 July, 1906, to 31 March, 1908, and of Territorials,
1 April, 1908, to Aug. 1911; served with the Expeditionary Force in
France and Flanders, and died in Hospital at Boulogne, 29 Oct. 1914,
of wounds received in action at Neuve Chapelle. He _m._ 1906,
Rose Margaret (Braemar, Kingston Road, Staines), dau. of Seymour Henry
Knyvett, I.S.O., and had two sons: Richard Headlam, _b._ 13 May,
1909; and Christopher Headlam, _b._ 4 May, 1913.

=KEIGHT, JOSEPH=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2842), 198973 Chatham, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.

=KELLAS, ARTHUR=, M.B., Ch.B., D.P.H., Capt., tempy. Major,
R.A.M.C. (T.F.), attd. 89th Field Ambulance, 86th Infantry Brigade,
29th Division, yst. _s._ of the late James Fowler Kellas,
Superintendent of the Mercantile Marine for the Port of Aberdeen,
by his wife, Mary Boyd (48, Carden Place, Aberdeen), dau. of Peter
Mitchell, of Ballater, Aberdeenshire; _b._ Aberdeen, 1 March,
1884; educ. Aberdeen Grammar School and Aberdeen University, where
he graduated M.B., Ch.B. in 1906, and in the following year took the
degree of D.P.H. In 1914 he obtained the new diploma of psychiatry at
the University of Edinburgh. For a

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