William Lewis Keatinge, CMG, CBE (1 August 1869 – 21 February 1934) was an English prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.
Finally, he was Vicar Apostolic for Great Britain, Military from 1917, and Principal Roman Catholic Chaplain to the Forces from 1920.
[2] On 27 May 1893, Keatinge was ordained to the priesthood for the Diocese of Southwark during a service at the Basilica of Saint John Lateran in Rome.
[1][3] He spent four years as a parish priest at St. Thomas à Becket Catholic Church, Wandsworth.
[7] During the inter-war period, he served twice overseas (Malta and Egypt), and was posted within England to Gosport, Portsmouth and Shorncliffe Army Camp.
[3] With the outbreak of the First World War, Keatinge was appointed senior Catholic chaplain to the British Expeditionary Force, serving in continental Europe.
[14] On 7 December 1916, he was appointed principal chaplain to the British Army on the Macedonian front;[8] as such, he held the equivalent rank of brigadier-general.
[16] In October 1920, he was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) "for valuable services rendered in connection with the War"; the award was back-dated to 3 June 1919.