Honoria Somerville Keer

Honoria Somerville Keer (26 December 1883 – 20 March 1969) was a British surgeon during World War I, where she served as a medical officer with the Girton and Newnham Unit of the Scottish Women's Hospitals for Foreign Service, which offered volunteer opportunities for medical women, who were prohibited at the time from serving with the Royal Army Medical Corps. She was honoured by France and Serbia for her services.

Early life and education Honoria Somerville Keer was born in Toronto, Canada, the daughter of Eliza Somerville (1848–1921) and Major General Jonathan Keer (1825–1907), formerly of HM Bengal Staff Corps. Military nurse Caroline Keer was her elder paternal half-sister. Honoria studied medicine at the University of Glasgow and graduated MBChB in 1910; she was registered as a medical practitioner in April of the same year.

She worked initially at Glasgow Royal Asylum, Gartnavel, and as House Surgeon at Kilmarnock, then joined the Girton and Newnham Unit of the Scottish Women's Hospitals in 1915.