Charles Steel was the son of Dr Gerard Steel, JP and was educated at Bedford School between 1912 and 1919.
10 Facts About Charles Steel
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Charles Steel attended the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich between 1919 and 1921, at which he was awarded the Prize Cadetship and the Armstrong Memorial Prize.
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Charles Steel was commissioned into the Royal Engineers on 13 July 1921.
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Charles Steel was promoted to the rank of captain on 13 July 1932 and attended the Staff College, Camberley, being promoted to the rank of major on 1 August 1938.
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Charles Steel was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 1941 New Year Honours.
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Charles Steel was captured later that year, but subsequently escaped to Switzerland.
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Charles Steel was Mentioned in Dispatches for a second time for "services in the field" on 8 November 1945.
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Between 1945 and 1949 Charles Steel was Deputy Head of the British Military Mission to Greece and was promoted to the rank of lieutenant-colonel in 1947.
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Charles Steel was made an honorary brigadier on 15 February 1952 and retired from the Regular Army Reserve of Officers in 1961.
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Charles Steel was Head of the Accommodation Department in Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service between 1965 and 1967.