Name
Harold Ponsonby Steel
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
05/08/1917
35
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
Dar Es Salaam War Cemetery
1. H. 9.
Tanzania
UK & Other Memorials
Haileybury College Cloister Wall Memorial, Hertford Heath
Pre War
Born on 10 Jun 1885 and baptised in Jul 1885 at Ootacamund, Madras, India eldest son of James Edward Ponsonby and Annie Jane (Ryan) Steel later of 6 Castle Hill Road, Dover, England. Educated at the United Services College 1900-03. Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant Indian Army on 29 Nov 1905 and promoted to Lieutenant on 29 Feb 1908.
Wartime Service
Killed in action at Nanyati, German East Africa.
Additional Information
United Services College, Westward Ho, Devon amalgamated with Imperial Service College in Windsor in 1912 and then moved to Haileybury College, Hertford Heath in 1942.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox, Karen Smith - Acting Director of External Relations www.haileybury.com/honour
