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FRANCIS WILLIE/WILLIAM STEEL(E)

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Surname: STEEL(E)
Forename: FRANCIS WILLIE/WILLIAM
Initials: F W
Date of Birth Q3, 1883
Place of BirthWimborne
Place of Birth SourceFree BMD information
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Schools attended Cranborne Church of England School
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Family (parents and grandparents)Son of George and Fanny STEEL - As recorded on his Army (Scots Guards) Service Record. In Dorset Marriages we find George STEEL married Fanny KERLEY on 25th December 1871 in Cranborne.
Spouse Name Dora Lucy EDWARDS (widow) marries Francis Willie (William) STEELE in the Wimborne District in Q4, 1907 (Francis’s army records lists their marriage at Wimborne Registry Office on 24/12/1907) Dora was born as Dora Lucy Stephens in Q4, 1875 in Dymock.
NotesThe Cranborne Church of England Schools Log Book for 1912 - 1929 in its entry dated 31 July 1917: Private William Steel, a native of Camborne, and for many years a scholar of this school has just been awarded the Military Cross for carrying out men out of a dug out. Reg; Somerset L.I. From the Military Medal Records we have been able to identify William Steel as Francis William (or Willie) and from many West of England newspapers we know he is married and living in Cheddar. His silver war badge confirms this and is still living in the same house in Cheddar from the 1911 Census.
Regiment at call-upSomerset Light Infantry
Regiment at dischargeSomerset Light Infantry
Rank at call-upPrivate
Service no at call-up3/1937
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Date of call-up 31 Aug 1914
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Other service detailsPrior to WW1 Francis Willie STEEL had served for twelve years in the Scots Guards Reg. no. 4185 (10th December 1901 to 8th December 1913)
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Other service no3/7537 & 332853
Service factsDischarged 08/02/1918 due to sickness. In 1917 he had been in hospital in Devonport, Plymouth and Bath suffering with shrapnel wounds.
Age at death79
Date of death Q1, 1963
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Place of deathBath
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