Julian McCarty Steele | |
Birth Date: | c. 1870 |
Death Date: | 13 March 1926 (aged 55−56) |
Allegiance: | United Kingdom |
Branch: | British Army |
Serviceyears: | 1890–1924 |
Rank: | Brigadier-General |
Unit: | Coldstream Guards |
Commands: | 22nd Brigade 7th Division |
Battles: | First World War |
Awards: | Companion of the Order of the Bath Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George Distinguished Service Order |
Brigadier-General Julian McCarty Steele (c. 1870 – 13 March 1926) was a British Army officer who briefly commanded the 7th Infantry Division during the First World War.
Educated at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Steele was commissioned into the Coldstream Guards on 29 October 1890. He saw served as adjutant of his regiment in the late 1890s,[1] saw action in the Second Boer War and then commanded the 22nd Brigade during the First World War.[2] He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1918 New Year Honours and briefly commanded the 7th Division in Italy between 9 February 1918 and 22 March 1918.[3] He was also awarded the Distinguished Service Order and bar.
After the war he served as commander of the 1st Guards Brigade at Aldershot Garrison from 1920 to 1924.[2]