Leo Oscar Steveni
born 7.11.1893 St Petersburg,Russia
Russian father,British mother
educated Rugby School
worked in father's business 1912-14
Special List,British Army (Lieutenant)
British Military Mission,Russian War Office,Petrograd 1915
Liaison Officer on Russian Front 1917
M1 Directorate,War Office
Liaison Officer to White Army,Eastern Siberia (Major) 1918-20
awards M.C.,O.B.E.
4 Bn Middlesex Regiment (Captain) 1.1.1921
GSO3 (Russian Section;Army HQ,India 1922-28
Military Attache,Persia 1928-31
8 Punjab Regiment,Idian Army (Captain) 1932-35
resided London 1939
War Office,India Office 1939-42
Lieutenant Colonel 1941
Director of SIS in Asia 1942-44
Political Intelligence Centre,Middle East,Cairo,Egypt 1944-45
retired 1945
married Helen Edith Chauncy 23.4.1925 Bengal,India (2 daughters Elizabeth and Barbara)
died December 1972 Westminster,London