Caroline Keer

Caroline Keer, (1857 – 29 December 1928) was a British military nurse and nursing administrator who served in Natal during the Second Boer War. She was matron-in-chief of Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service between 1906 and 1910.

Early life Caroline Helen Keer was born in India in 1857. Her father was Major-General Jonathan Keer (1825–1907), then serving in the HM Bengal Staff Corps. Surgeon Honoria Somerville Keer was a younger paternal half-sister.

Keer was sent to school in Malvern in England, and lived there after completing her education until her father moved to Canada, when she joined him. She went to study nursing at Boston under Miss Drown, Superintendent of Nursing at Boston City Hospital. Keer returned to Britain in 1887. She was granted permission to retain the badge of QAIMNS, in "recognition of her Iong and meritorious service". Ethel Becher succeeded her in the role of matron-in-chief.

Death Caroline Keer died on 29 December 1928, aged 71, at her home in West Worthing, Sussex from undisclosed causes.