Allan Ivo Steel

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Allan Ivo Steel (27 September 1892 – 8 October 1917) was an English cricketer and soldier.[1]

Early life

Allan Steel was born in Toxteth Park, Liverpool, the son of the Lancashire cricketer A. G. Steel. He attended Eton College,[1] and played in Fowler's match in 1910.

Cricket

As a right-handed batsman and a right-arm slow bowler, he represented Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and also Middlesex in two first-class matches in 1912.[1]

World War I

Steel served as a lieutenant of the 2nd Battalion Coldstream Guards regiment of the British Army and was killed on active service during World War I, aged 25.[2] His name is on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, Panel 9 to 10.

Personal life

Allan's brother, Jack Steel, also died in the war after being washed overboard while on route to take command of Template:HMS.[3]

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