William Keatinge

William Lewis Keatinge, CMG, CBE (1 August 1869 – 21 February 1934) was an English prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.[2] On 27 May 1893, Keatinge was ordained to the priesthood for the Diocese of Southwark during a service at the Basilica of Saint John Lateran in Rome.[7] During the inter-war period, he served twice overseas (Malta and Egypt), and was posted within England to Gosport, Portsmouth and Shorncliffe Army Camp.[3] With the outbreak of the First World War, Keatinge was appointed senior Catholic chaplain to the British Expeditionary Force, serving in continental Europe.[14] On 7 December 1916, he was appointed principal chaplain to the British Army on the Macedonian front;[8] as such, he held the equivalent rank of brigadier-general.[16] In October 1920, he was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) "for valuable services rendered in connection with the War"; the award was back-dated to 3 June 1919.
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