| 词条 | James Steele (British Army officer) |
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|name=Sir James Steele |image=Jamessteele.jpg |image_size= |caption |nickname="Daddy" |birth_date=26 October 1894 |death_date=24 July 1975 (aged 80) |birth_place=Ballycarry, County Antrim, Ireland |death_place=Stourpaine, Dorset, England |placeofburial= |allegiance={{flag|United Kingdom}} |branch={{army|United Kingdom}} |serviceyears=1914–1950 |rank=General |servicenumber=9429 |unit=Royal Irish Rifles Sherwood Foresters |commands=1st Battalion, Sherwood Foresters 132nd Infantry Brigade 59th (Staffordshire) Infantry Division II Corps British Troops in Austria |battles=First World War Arab revolt in Palestine Second World War |awards=Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire Distinguished Service Order Military Cross Mentioned in despatches |memorials= |spouse= |relations= |laterwork= }} General Sir James Stuart Steele {{postnominals|country=GBR|sep=,|GCB|KBE|DSO|MC}} (26 October 1894 – 24 July 1975) was a senior British Army officer who served as Adjutant-General to the Forces. Early life and military careerBorn in Ballycarry, County Antrim[1] and educated at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution and at Queen's University Belfast, Steele was gazetted as a temporary second lieutenant in the Royal Irish Rifles, on 26 September 1914[2] during the First World War and posted to the 7th (Service) Battalion.[1] He served on the Western Front from 1915 to 1917.[1] He served at the battles of Messines, Somme and at Passchendaele.[1] He was given a regular commission in June 1916.[1] He was mentioned in despatches in April 1917 and was awarded the MC in August 1917.[1] Steele served the rest of the war in India and was mentioned in despatches again.[1] Between the warsHe stayed in the army and attended the Staff College, Camberley from 1930 to 1931, alongside fellow students such as George Symes, George Hopkinson, William Gott and Miles Dempsey.[1] He was promoted to brevet lieutenant colonel on 1 July 1936[3] and transferred to the Sherwood Foresters and was made a lieutenant colonel on 14 October 1937.[4] Steele commanded the 1st Battalion, Sherwood Foresters from 1937 to 1939: the battalion was deployed to Jamaica in 1937 and to Palestine during the Arab revolt in Palestine in 1939.[1] Returning to England, he was promoted to colonel on 27 June 1939 and made Assistant Adjutant-General at the War Office on the same date.[5] Second World WarIn July 1939, Steele was posted to the mobilization branch of the War Office Staff. He signed the executive signal for the mobilization of the army.[1] He was promoted to brigadier on 8 November 1939 and took over command of the 132nd Infantry Brigade in November 1939.[1] He served in France and Belgium in 1940 and was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) for his part in the engagement on the River Escaut and the subsequent withdrawal to Dunkirk.[6] Promoted to the acting rank of major-general on 15 February 1941,[7] he became General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the 59th (Staffordshire) Infantry Division, a second line TA formation.[1] His major-general's rank was made temporary on 15 February 1942.[8] Made an acting lieutenant-general on 8 April 1942,[9] he commanded II Corps until September when he became Deputy Chief of Staff for Middle East Command in 1942.[1] He returned to England and was then appointed Director of Staff Duties at the War Office in 1943, and was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) on 14 October 1943.[10] He was promoted to major general on 20 September 1944 (with seniority backdated to 4 January 1944).[11] PostwarSteele was promoted to lieutenant general in 1946. He was appointed Commander-in-Chief (C-in-C) and High Commissioner in Austria in 1946.[1] In that capacity he signed a treaty with Marshal Tito.[12] He was promoted to general in 1947. He was Adjutant-General to the Forces from 1947 to 1950 when he retired from the British Army.[1] He was Aide-de-camp general to H.M. The King in 1950. He was awarded the CB in 1943, the KCB in 1949 and the GCB in 1950.[1] He was also awarded the KBE in 1946.[1] RetirementHe received an honorary LLD from Queen's University, Belfast in 1947. He was Colonel Commandant of the Royal Ulster Rifles from 1947 to 1957. He was the President of the Army Benevolent Fund from 1954 to 1964. In 1966 he became Chairman of the Northern Ireland Government Somme committee. He lived in Blandford Forum, Dorset. FamilyHe married Janet Gibson Gordon and together they went on to have two daughters.[1] Bibliography
References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 {{cite web |url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/31716 |title=James Steele |work=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography}} 2. ^{{London Gazette|issue=28918|page=7690|date=29 September 1914}} 3. ^{{London Gazette|issue=34301|page=4228|date=3 July 1936}} 4. ^{{London Gazette|issue=34456|page=7264|date=19 November 1937}} 5. ^{{London Gazette|issue=34642|page=4564|date=4 July 1939}} 6. ^{{London Gazette|issue=34893|page=4261|date=9 July 1940|supp=y}} 7. ^{{London Gazette|issue=35082|page=1066|date=18 February 1941|supp=y}} 8. ^{{London Gazette|issue=35462|page=833|date=17 February 1942|supp=y}} 9. ^{{London Gazette|issue=35533|page=1799|date=21 April 1942|supp=y}} 10. ^{{London Gazette|issue=36209|page=4539|date=12 October 1943|supp=y}} 11. ^{{London Gazette|issue=36711|page=4373|date=19 September 1944|supp=y}} 12. ^{{cite journal |url=http://www.ulstersociety.org/resources/newulster/1993/steele.html |title=A Man of Steel Who Served His Kingdom Well |first=David |last=Hume |journal=New Ulster |issue=Spring 1993 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081011151416/http://www.ulstersociety.org/resources/newulster/1993/steele.html |archivedate=8 October 2011}} External links
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