Alfred Keogh

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Lieutenant-General

Sir Alfred Keogh

Rector of Imperial College London
(1910–22)

Director-General Army Medical Services twice; from 1905 to 1910 and 1914 to 1918.[1]

Early life

Keogh was born in

Queen's College, Galway, and Guy's Hospital, London.[3] He received his Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree from the Queen's University of Ireland in 1878.[1]

Upon graduation, he moved to London to undertake his

Royal Westminster Ophthalmic Hospital.[2]

Military career

On 2 March 1880, Keogh was commissioned into the

Transvaal Republic.[2]

In January 1902, following his return from the Second Boer War, he was appointed Deputy Director-General of the

Director-General Army Medical Services and promoted to lieutenant-general.[2] He retired from the military on 6 March 1910.[8]

With the outbreak of the

First World War, he was reappointed DGAMS on 3 October 1914.[9] He supervised the huge expansion of the Army’s medical services to cope with the war,[3] and was in command of the medical services in the UK.[2] He left the appointment and the military in June 1918.[1]

Later life

He was appointed

Rector of Imperial College London and served from 1910 to 1922.[10]

He died at 10 Warwick Square, London, on 30 July 1936.

requiem mass was held at Westminster Cathedral.[7] He was buried in the Marylebone Cemetery, Finchley.[2]

Honours and decorations

Alfred Henry Keogh c. 1919

On 29 November 1900, he was appointed

Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO).[17]

He was a recipient of a number of foreign honours. In 1917, he was appointed Grand Officer of the Order of the Crown by the King of the Belgians,[18] and Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour by the President of France.[19] In 1918, he was awarded the Order of the White Eagle, 2nd Class by the King of Serbia.[20]

He received the Queen's South Africa Medal with four clasps in 1901.[2]

Legacy

  • The Keogh Platoon is named in honour of Sir Alfred Keogh, who is enshrined in the history of the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC).
  • The Keogh Barracks at Mytchett, Surrey, was also named in Sir Alfred Keogh's memory.
  • Keogh Hall, a hall of residence at Imperial College London is named in his honour.[21]

References

  1. ^
    doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/34296. Retrieved 2 February 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership
    required.)
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Keogh, Sir Alfred Henry (1857–1936)". Plarr's Lives of the Fellows Online. Royal College of Surgeons of England. 31 July 2013. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  3. ^ a b c "Sir Alfred Henry Keogh". Munks Roll. Royal College of Physicians of London. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  4. ^ "No. 26270". The London Gazette. 22 March 1892. p. 1704.
  5. ^ "No. 27180". The London Gazette. 6 April 1900. p. 2284.
  6. ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36624. London. 28 November 1901. p. 10.
  7. ^ a b "OBITUARY". The Tablet. 8 August 1936. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  8. ^ "No. 28346". The London Gazette. 8 March 1910. p. 1684.
  9. ^ "No. 29372". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 November 1915. p. 11458.
  10. ^ Past Rectors, Imperial College London, retrieved 21 March 2009
  11. ^ "No. 27306". The London Gazette. 19 April 1901. pp. 2695–2697.
  12. ^ "No. 27550". The London Gazette. 8 May 1903. p. 2921.
  13. ^ "No. 27926". The London Gazette (Supplement). 26 June 1906. pp. 4459–4460.
  14. ^ "No. 28053". The London Gazette. 23 August 1907. p. 5785.
  15. ^ "No. 29916". The London Gazette (Supplement). 23 January 1917. p. 923.
  16. ^ "No. 30551". The London Gazette. 1 March 1918. p. 2631.
  17. ^ "No. 30723". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 May 1918. p. 6532.
  18. ^ "No. 30302". The London Gazette (Supplement). 21 September 1917. pp. 9861–9864.
  19. ^ "No. 30306". The London Gazette (Supplement). 25 September 1917. pp. 9945–9946.
  20. ^ "No. 30891". The London Gazette (Supplement). 6 September 1918. p. 10645.
  21. ^ "Sir Alfred Keogh, GCB, GCVO, CH, LLD (Rector 1910–22)". Imperial College London. Retrieved 7 February 2014.

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