The Red Circle
By Brandon Webb
Not For The Glory
By Mick Fellows MBE DSC BEM
Leo Steveni
John Robertson

Leo Steveni

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
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