William McKeag

William McKeag
Born	29 June 1897
Died	4 October 1972
Nationality	English
Children	Gordon McKeag, D Clive McKeag, Kathleen Smith

William McKeag MSM (Born 29 June 1897 – 4 October 1972) was a British politician, soldier and solicitor. His political affiliations changed over the years from Liberal to National Liberal, back to Liberal and finally to Conservative but he never wavered from a fierce loyalty to his native North East of England and was described in his obituary in The Times newspaper as one of the North East's leading figures, a keen publicist for the area and for Tyneside in particular.

William McKeag was born in County Durham, the son of William McKeag of Carrville near Belmont. In 1922 he married Marie Elizabeth the daughter of William Corn Crow of Newcastle upon Tyne. They had two sons and a daughter. McKeag was educated at Belmont School, at Johnston's School in Durham and privately.

McKeag was 17 years old at the outbreak of the Great War. He joined the army and served six years in France, Italy, Turkey and Russia. He fought with the White Russian commanders Anton Ivanovich Denikin and Pyotr Nikolayevich Wrangel and during his time in Russia he became the youngest First-Class Warrant Officer in the British Army. During his service he was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal as well as two Russian decorations, the Order of Saint Stanislaus and the Order of Saint Anne.

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