Allan Ivo Steel Explained

Allan Ivo Steel
Birth Date:27 September 1892
Birth Place:Toxteth Park, Liverpool
Death Place:Langemark, Belgium
Allegiance:United Kingdom
Branch:British Army
Rank:Lieutenant
Unit:Coldstream Guards
Battles:World War I

Allan Ivo Steel (27 September 1892 – 8 October 1917) was an English cricketer and soldier.

Early life

Allan Steel was born in Toxteth Park, Liverpool, the son of the Lancashire cricketer A. G. Steel. He attended Eton College, and played in Fowler's match in 1910.

Cricket

As a right-handed batsman and a right-arm slow bowler, he represented Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and also Middlesex in two first-class matches in 1912.[1]

World War I

Steel served as a lieutenant of the 2nd Battalion Coldstream Guards regiment of the British Army and was killed on active service during World War I, aged 25.[2] His name is on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, Panel 9 to 10.

Personal life

Allan's brother, Jack Steel, also died in the war after being washed overboard while on route to take command of .[3]

Notes and References

  1. News: Cricket Remembers . 8 August 2024 . Middlesex Cricket . November 2018.
  2. Web site: Cricketers who died in World War 1 – Part 5 of 5 . Cricket Country . 8 August 2014 . 28 November 2018.
  3. News: Jamie Bowman . Revealed: the Scouse cricketer whose name is on the Ashes urn . 8 August 2024 . . 7 July 2015.