Keith Dix Lewis Macfarlane (1895–1917)
Keith Dix Lewis Macfarlane was born on 19 November 1895 in Hornsey, Middlesex to his parents George Hall Macfarlane (who was born in 1859 in Islington, and worked in a wholesale warehouse), and Emily Clara Macfarlane (who was born in 1862 in Islington). He had a younger brother by four years, Basil Hall Macfarlane, and lived at 59 Mount View Road with his family and two servants: Minnie Grace Stone (the cook, born in 1866) and Mabel Maud Wells (the housemaid, born in 1896). Keith matriculated for his first and only year at United College in 1914 in the faculty of science. He was studying Mathematics Ordinary, Chemistry Ordinary and Chemistry practical. On the 21st of January 1915 Keith was appointed as a temporary second Lieutenant in the 1st Battalion of the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles). Keith was killed in action at the Battle of Arras near Heninel on the 14th of April 1917. His name is recognised at the Arras Memorial.
This extract was research and written by Louisa Stevens in May 2026.