WW1 Casualty Record

First Name

William

Last Name

Kee

Rank/Title

Captain

Regiment

7th attd. 1st Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers

Service No

Date of Death

March 24, 1918

Notes

Son of Thomas and Rebecca Jane Kee (nee McKane), Meenagrave, Welshtown, Ballybofey

Buried/Memorial

Pozieres Memorial, France, Panel 79 and 80. Award: Military Cross

Notes/History

William Kee, Acting Captain, MC, from Meenagrove, Co.Donegal. Officially he served in the 7th Battalion but after commission in 1915 rose the ranks to be Acting Captain and was attached to the 1st Battalion. He was brave man indeed, Mentioned in Despatches twice and Military Cross ( bar posthumously 16th September 1918) for his valour in Somme, he died three days later in Germans hands on the 24th March 1918.

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