Allan Ivo Steel
Allan Ivo Steel was an English cricketer and soldier.
Early life
Allan Steel was born in Toxteth Park, Liverpool, the son of the Lancashire cricketer A. G. Steel. He attended Eton College, 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 and also Middlesex in two first-class matches in 1912.
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. 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.