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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
Commands22nd 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 & Bar (c. 1870 – 13 March 1926) was a British Army officer who briefly commanded the 7th Infantry Division during the First World War.

Military career

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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] and saw action in the Second Boer War for which he was appointed a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order in October 1901.[3]

After being promoted to the temporary rank of brigadier general in August 1915,[4] commanded the 22nd Brigade during the First World War.[5] He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1918 New Year Honours[6] and briefly commanded the 7th Division, the 22nd Brigade's parent formation, in Italy between 9 February 1918 and 22 March 1918.[7] He was also awarded a bar to his Distinguished Service Order in January 1919.[8]

After the war he served as commander of the 1st Guards Brigade at Aldershot Garrison from 1920 to 1924.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "No. 26101". The London Gazette. 28 October 1890. p. 5688.
  2. ^ Whitaker's Almanack. 1898. p. 199.
  3. ^ "No. 11343". The Edinburgh Gazette. 1 October 1901. p. 1078.
  4. ^ "No. 29307". The London Gazette. 24 September 1915. p. 9436.
  5. ^ a b "Military – Major General Julian McCarty Steele". Mullock's. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  6. ^ "No. 30450". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 December 1917. p. 2.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ "No. 31094". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 1919. p. 65.
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