[2] He was a member of the Territorial Army and served as a lieutenant-colonel in charge of the surgical unit of the 9th General Hospital at Heliopolis during WW2, for which he was awarded the MBE.
During his time as head of Obstetrics and Gynaecology his Registrar, Nancy Mann, became engaged to Dr John Loudon, and Professor Kellar insisted on her resignation, declaring that there was no place for a married woman in obstetrics.
Nancy Loudon went on to have a prominent role in obstetrics and family planning, receiving an OBE in 1992.
[1] He married Gertrude Crawford Aitken (1907-1980), and they had two sons, David and Richard Bruce (1937 - December 9th 2019, aged 82), and a daughter, Gillian.
He died on 9th October 1980 and is buried at Carlisle Cemetery, along with his wife, and son Richard.