Julian Steele (British Army officer)

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Julian McCarty Steele
Bornc. 1870
Died13 March 1926 (aged 55−56)
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchBritish Army
Years of service1890–1924
RankBrigadier-General
UnitColdstream Guards
Commands held22nd Brigade
7th Division
Battles/warsFirst World War
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George
Distinguished Service Order

Brigadier-General Julian McCarty Steele CB, CMG, DSO (c. 1870 – 13 March 1926) was a British Army officer who briefly commanded the 7th Infantry Division during the First World War.

Military career[edit]

Educated at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Steele was commissioned into the Coldstream Guards on 29 October 1890.[1] He saw served as adjutant of his regiment in the late 1890s,[2] saw action in the Second Boer War and then commanded the 22nd Brigade during the First World War.[3] He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1918 New Year Honours[4] and briefly commanded the 7th Division in Italy between 9 February 1918 and 22 March 1918.[5] After the war he served as commander of the 1st Guards Brigade at Aldershot Garrison from 1920 to 1924.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "No. 26101". The London Gazette. 28 October 1890. p. 5688.
  2. ^ Whitaker's Almanack. 1898. p. 199.
  3. ^ a b "Military – Major General Julian McCarty Steele". Mullock's. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  4. ^ "No. 30450". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 December 1917. p. 2.
  5. ^ Becke, Archibald Frank (1935). Order of Battle of Divisions Part 1: The Regular British Divisions. London: His Majesty’s Stationery Office. p. 81. OCLC 929528172.