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Between 1945 and 1949 Steel was Deputy Head of the British Military Mission to Greece and was promoted to the rank of lieutenant-colonel in 1947. Between 1952 and 1964 he worked as Head of the Conference and Supply Department at the
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in 1957. He was made an honorary brigadier on 15 February 1952 and retired from the Regular Army Reserve of Officers in 1961. Steel was Head of the Accommodation Department in
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between 1919 and 1921, at which he was awarded the Prize Cadetship (1919) and the Armstrong Memorial Prize (1921). He was commissioned into the
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On 9 April 1932 he married Elizabeth, daughter of Colonel Lawrence Chenevix-Trench and Winifred Ross Tootal, and together they had two sons.
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with the Bengal Sappers and Miners. He was promoted to the rank of captain on 13 July 1932 and attended the
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Charles Steel was the son of Dr Gerard Steel, JP (1865-1937) and was educated at
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on 24 June 1943. He was captured later that year, but subsequently escaped to
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Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George
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United Kingdom

British Army
Brigadier
Service number
Second World War
CMG
OBE
Brigadier
CMG
OBE
British Army
civil servant
Bedford School
Royal Military Academy, Woolwich
Royal Engineers
India
Staff College, Camberley
Second World War
Abyssinia
Officer of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours
Mentioned in Dispatches
Switzerland
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George
Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service
"Who's Who"
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