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John Keir
Lieutenant General Sir John Lindesay Keir KCB (6 July 1856 – 3 May 1937) was a British Army officer during the Boer War and the First World War. After early service in the Royal Artillery, he commanded the 6th Division in the British Expeditionary Force when it was mobilised in 1914, and was later promoted to lead VI Corps on the Western Front. However, he was relieved of command in 1916 after a personal spat with his commanding officer, and forced to retire.
==Early career==
After being educated at Wimbledon School, Keir studied at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, from where he joined the Royal Artillery in February 1876. He was posted to a Royal Field Artillery battery in India, and after six years was awarded his "jacket" and transferred to the Royal Horse Artillery. In 1884, promoted to captain, he returned to the RFA. He had become a skilled rider in the artillery, and whilst he was too heavy to compete in traditional horseracing, he participated in point to point racing and similar events. After attending the School of Gunnery he entered the Staff College in 1892, and passed out, newly promoted to major, to command a field battery in England. He later transferred back to the RHA, where he was commanding a battery at the outbreak of the Boer War in October 1899.〔Obituary, ''The Times''〕
His battery was not sent out with the expeditionary force, and he remained at home during the early stages of the war. However, in early 1901 he was promoted to lieutenant-colonel and offered command of the 1st Battalion of the newly formed Imperial Yeomanry, volunteer mounted infantry being raised for service in South Africa. He commanded the battalion for several months along the Orange River, and in December 1901 was assigned to command the Royal Artillery Mounted Rifles, a similar force drawn from regular artillerymen; he remained with this unit until the end of the war, receiving a brevet colonelcy.〔 For his services in South Africa, he was mentioned in despatches as well as awarded the Queen's medal with five clasps.〔''Who Was Who''〕
After the war, he returned to the RHA as a lieutenant-colonel in April 1902, and was posted to India, where he was formally promoted to colonel and appointed an Assistant Adjutant-General. In 1907, he was given the command of a brigade at Allahabad, promoted to major-general in 1909, and returned home in 1911. In July 1912 he was given command of the South Midland Division, part of the Territorial Force, and remained with them until July 1914, when he was transferred to take command of the 6th Division, a Regular Army formation based in Ireland.〔
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