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1911 Gentleman cadet at RoyalMilitaryAcademy, Sandhurst

1914 The 1^st Battalion joined 81^st Brigade in November 1914 and arrived in France in December.

c1894 London

Killed in action at St Eloi, France

His gravestone bears the inscription ‘Until the day break and the shadows flee away’.

Son of the late James Alison Steel and of Katherine Isabella Steel.

James Steel (c1830-1894) and Katherine Campbell (c1854-1923) married 1889, Crathie, Aberdeenshire

Partner in W Strang Steel & Company running the London office

Grace (b.1891)

Unmarried

Not known

Regular soldier

Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst

Hinstock House, Sycamore Avenue, Farnborough, Hampshire

Scottish National War Memorial

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Commonwealth War Graves Commission – www.cwgc.org

Family Search – www.familysearch.org

The Long, Long Trail – http://www.1914-1918.net/

Scotlands People – www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk

The Scottish War Memorials Project – www.warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com