John Samuel Savory Steel

A Lance Corporal with the 5th Battalion, John died on 17th of October 1917 at the age of 41. 

John was born at Lowestoft on 18 October 1877, a son of George Samuel and Clara Steel. In 1881 his family lived at 5 Nelson Street. From 28 March 1887 John attended Saint Margaret’s School. In 1881 his family lived at 52 Mariners Street. By 1891 they were living at 281 Raglan Street, and John worked as a page. 

On 5 March 1899 John married Flora Thacker at Saint Peter’s Church, Carlton Colville. John was a groom, living at Kirkley, and Flora lived at Carlton Colville. In 1901 they lived at 30 Saint Leonards Road, Kirkley, and John was a domestic groom. By 1911 they were living at 40 Salisbury Road, and John was a carman. 

John enlisted in the Army at Lowestoft in 1916. He joined the Suffolk Regiment, service number 34341. Around November 1916 John was transferred to the King’s Shropshire Light Infantry and posted to the 3rd Battalion, and, later that month, he was posted to France to join the 5th Battalion. 

John was wounded, but details of where, when, and how, are not known. He was evacuated to one of the Casualty Clearing Stations in the Lijssenthoek area, where he died of wounds.