Steel John Watson Sapper 14748416
Personnel Entry
Name Steel John Watson
Army number 14748416.
Rank Sapper
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards
Date of birth Born 25/2/1926.
Age (At time of death) 19.
Unit Enlisted in the General Staff Corps. Underwent Basic Training at a Primary Training Centre. Transferred to the Corps of Royal Engineers. Posted to 294th Field Company, Royal Engineers. Served Normandy. KILLED in ACTION 13/4/1945.
Company/Battery
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Details awaited.
Joined Brigade Not yet known.
Promotions None known.
Wounded Not so far as is known.
Prisoner of War Not so far as is known.
Died/Killed in action KILLED in ACTION 13/4/1945. Interred initially in ? Re-buried in Grave 2. E. 5. Uden War Cemetery. Headstone inscription reads : "THERE WILL BE NO PARTING WHEN WE MEET OUR LOVED ONE ON THAT ETERNAL SHORE".
Home address Son of Matthew (1893 - 1966) and Robina Merrilees Steel (1894 - 1966) of Dalbeattie, Kirkcubrightshire, Dumfries and Galloway.
Source table
Some information on this Page has been extracted from the Commemorative Booklet, prepared by Major Langley, covering the period from D-Day to VE Day in addition to that extracted from the War Diaries. There are issues around the possible duplication of names which remain to be clarified.
