James Campbell Steel
| Rank | Lieutenant | |
| Medals | No Medal Rolls Index Card found | |
| Regiment | Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, 1st Battalion, ‘D’ Company | |
| Military Service | 1911 Gentleman cadet at RoyalMilitaryAcademy, Sandhurst 1914 The 1st Battalion joined 81st Brigade in November 1914 and arrived in France in December. | |
| Born | c1894 London | |
| Death | 13th March 1915 | |
| Circumstances of Death | Killed in action at St Eloi, France | |
| Age | 21 | |
| Burial | Dickebusch New Military Cemetery, B. 17. His gravestone bears the inscription ‘Until the day break and the shadows flee away’. | |
| CWGC Information | Son of the late James Alison Steel and of Katherine Isabella Steel. | |
| Parents | James Steel (c1830-1894) and Katherine Campbell (c1854-1923) married 1889, Crathie, Aberdeenshire | |
| Father's Occupation | Partner in W Strang Steel & Company running the London office | |
| Siblings | Grace (b.1891) | |
| Spouse | Unmarried | |
| Education | Not known | |
| Occupation | Regular soldier | |
| 1901 Census | Hinstock House, Sycamore Avenue, Farnborough, Hampshire | |
| 1911 Census | Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst | |
| Glasgow Necropolis | Compartment Epsilon Lair 399 | |
| Other Memorials | Scottish National War Memorial | |
| Acknowledgements and Sources | Much of the information on which this profile is based is drawn from various internet sources which are listed below. The Friends of Glasgow Necropolis also wish to make full acknowledgement and thanks for the permitted use of any information or images generously supplied specifically for exhibition, publication or display in connection with The Roll of Honour and accompanying profiles to Ancestry (www.ancestry.co.uk), Findmypast (www.findmypast.co.uk) 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 | |
Credits
Compiled by Morag Fyfe, Historical and Genealogical Researcher for The Friends of Glasgow Necropolis.
