Julian Steele (British Army officer)

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

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]

He was promoted to major in October 1906.[4]

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

After the war he served as commander of the 1st Guards Brigade at Aldershot Garrison from 1920 to 1924.[6]

References

  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. 27963". The London Gazette. 2 November 1906. p. 7369.
  5. ^ "No. 29307". The London Gazette. 24 September 1915. p. 9436.
  6. ^ a b "Military – Major General Julian McCarty Steele". Mullock's. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  7. ^ "No. 30450". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 December 1917. p. 2.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ "No. 31094". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 1919. p. 65.