Douglas Harry Steele
Surname: Steele
Other names: Douglas Harry
Locations in this story: Tollard Royal, WiltshireSpettisbury, DorsetTisbury, WiltshireShaftesbury, DorsetBournemouth, HampshireSemley, Wiltshire
Story: Douglas Harry Steele was born in Tollard Royal, Wiltshire, on 12 Jun 1896 the son of Samuel Charles Steele and Fanny Steele (nee Bennett). He lived his early life in Tollard Royal until by 1911 his family had moved to Lower Almer, Spettisbury, Dorset. He had enlisted with the Royal Field Artillery as a Driver (Service No. 212345). It is not known in which theatre of war he served but on his discharge was awarded the Victory and British War Medals. His marriage to Daisy Edith Lampard was recorded at the Tisbury, Wiltshire, Registry during 1920. The 1921 Census shows him living at White Lodge Cottage, Semley, Wiltshire, working as a Cowman. By the time of the 1939 Register he had moved to 'Littledown', Barton Hill, Shaftesbury, Dorset, working as a Dairyman. His death was recorded in the Bournemouth, Hampshire, Registry during 1972. His brothers, Herbert Alfred Steele and Edward James Steele, both served and survived the conflict.
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