Lieutenant George B. Keeling

Regiment: Royal Indian Marine
Panel reference: Unknown
Date published: 09/06/1916
Killed in action: Yes
Date of death: 19/03/1916
Cemetery: Bombay (st. Thomas) Cathedral Memorial, Mumbai, India
Information: Lieutenant George B. Keeling, Royal Indian Marine, drowned at sea while on active service, was the third son of Mr. John S. Keeling, Summerville, Millisle, Co. Down. On relinquishing the command of the S.S. Lord Dufferin of the Lord Line, he obtained a Commission in the Royal Indian Marine, and had only been a short time in the East when he lost his life through the sinking of the steamer during the voyage between Bombay and Karachi, on March 19th, 1916.