Biography of Private John Steel, (39331)
3rd/5th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers
Died 9th October 1917
Soldier
- Name: John Steel
- Date of birth: 1881
- Place of Birth: Baston, Lincolnshire, England
- Date of Birth Registration: January – March 1881
- Place of Birth Registration: Bourne, Lincolnshire, England
Father
- Name: John Steel
- DOB: 1844
- Place of Birth: Baston, Lincolnshire, England
- Occupation: Farm labourer
Mother
- Name: Elizabeth Parker
- DOB: 1840
- Place Of Birth: Solo, London, England
- Marriage: 15th May 1873 Bourne, Lincolnshire, England
Siblings: (Name), (DOB), (POB)
- Catherine E Parker, 1866, Bourne
- Ann Elizabeth Steel, 1874, Bourne Fen
- Charlotte Steel, 1876 (Died 1876)
- Maria Steel, 1878, Baston
- John Steel, 1881, Baston
Census
- 1881: John is living with in his grandfather’s house with parents in Church Street, Baston, Lincolnshire.
- 1891: John is living with his parents in Church Street, Baston, Lincolnshire.
- 1901: John is living with his parents in Church Street, Baston, Lincolnshire.
- 1911: John is living with the Green family in Lincoln Lane, Metheringham, Lincolnshire. The census gives him an age of 30 and he is listed as a labourer on farm.
Relatives in services
- None found
Marriage
- No marriage for John has been found and we can assume that he never had the opportunity to marry.
Newspaper Mentions
- War Office Weekly casualty list November 27th 1917
KILLED
LANCASHIRE FUSILIERS
Steel 39331 J. (Rothley)
Military Records
Attestation Papers
- None found
Soldier’s Died In The Great War
- These records show that Private John Steel, 39331 3rd/5th (T) Bn Lancashire Fusiliers was killed in action on 9th October 1917 in the Western European Theatre in France and Flanders.
Pension Records
- Available
Effects Left Too
- Sister Maria White
Medals
- The British Medal
- The Victory Medal
Memorials
- UK:
- Baston, Roll of Honour in St John the Baptist Church
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission:
- In memory of Private John Steel, 39331, 3rd/5th Bn, Lancashire Fusiliers who died on 09 October 1917.
- Remembered with honour, Tyne Cot Memorial
- Panel 54 to 60 and 163A.
© Picture taken by South Lincolnshire War Memorials
© Picture taken by South Lincolnshire War Memorials
Military Service Timeline
- Enlisted in Sleaford
- This is ongoing research and will be posted when completed
Sources
- WW1 Soldier’s Records (www.ancestry.co.uk)
- British Newspaper Archive.
- Fold 3
- Find My Past
- Genealogist
- Forces War Records
- British Army Service Numbers
- War Gratuity Calculator
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- National Archives – Battalion War Diaries
- General Registry Office