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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 47215" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Steer</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>George Lowther</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>SOE India (Field Propaganda Unit)</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>T/Lieutenant Colonel</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>152641</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>DATE OF DEATH</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>25th December 1944</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AGE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>35</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>GRAVESITE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Rangoon Memorial,Myanmar Face 19</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>parent unit Intelligence Corps</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 22.11.1909 Cambridge,East London,Cape Colony,South Africa</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>son of Bernard Augustine and Emma Cecilia Armitage (nee Nutt) Steer,East London,Cape Colony,South Africa</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>husband of Barbara Esme (nee Barton) Steer,Fulham,London (married 14.7.1939) (1908-88) (2 children)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>educated St Andrew's Preparatory School,Grahamstown,South Africa</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>educated Winchester College 1923-28</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>graduated Christ Church,Oxford</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>journalist with South African Cape Argus</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>journalist with Yorkshire Post</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>special correspondent for The Times in Ethiopia 1935-36 and Spain 1937</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>journalist with Daily Telegraph 1939</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>commissioned Intelligence Corps (A/Captain) June 1940</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>SOE Field Propaganda Unit,India January 1943-44</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Mention in Despatches 3 times</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>married (first) Margarita de Herrero y Hassett 4.5.1936 (died 29.1.1937 London)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>killed when jeep overturned Fagu,West Bengal,India</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>buried Rungamuttee tea estate 26.12.1944</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/g-steer.16749/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/16/16749-ec0f4a6030b2766e2cdf7c513e66389e.jpg?1591399779" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/g-steer.16750/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/16/16750-5d5ce567680708e599cd85b13a6bddaf.jpg?1591399779" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/g-steer.16751/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/16/16751-03aab3c359de2bc9df677a6253cdc6f8.jpg?1591399779" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="John Robertson, post: 47215, member: 1"] [LIST] [*][B]SURNAME[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Steer[/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]FORENAME[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]George Lowther[/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]UNIT[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]SOE India (Field Propaganda Unit)[/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]RANK[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]T/Lieutenant Colonel[/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]NUMBER[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]152641[/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]DATE OF DEATH[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]25th December 1944[/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]AGE[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]35[/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]GRAVESITE[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Rangoon Memorial,Myanmar Face 19[/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]ADDITIONAL INFORMATION[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]parent unit Intelligence Corps[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]born 22.11.1909 Cambridge,East London,Cape Colony,South Africa[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]son of Bernard Augustine and Emma Cecilia Armitage (nee Nutt) Steer,East London,Cape Colony,South Africa[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]husband of Barbara Esme (nee Barton) Steer,Fulham,London (married 14.7.1939) (1908-88) (2 children)[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]educated St Andrew's Preparatory School,Grahamstown,South Africa[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]educated Winchester College 1923-28[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]graduated Christ Church,Oxford[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]journalist with South African Cape Argus[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]journalist with Yorkshire Post[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]special correspondent for The Times in Ethiopia 1935-36 and Spain 1937[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]journalist with Daily Telegraph 1939[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]commissioned Intelligence Corps (A/Captain) June 1940[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]SOE Field Propaganda Unit,India January 1943-44[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]Mention in Despatches 3 times[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]married (first) Margarita de Herrero y Hassett 4.5.1936 (died 29.1.1937 London)[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]killed when jeep overturned Fagu,West Bengal,India[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]buried Rungamuttee tea estate 26.12.1944[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][URL='https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/g-steer.16749/'][IMG]https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/16/16749-ec0f4a6030b2766e2cdf7c513e66389e.jpg?1591399779[/IMG][/URL] [URL='https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/g-steer.16750/'][IMG]https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/16/16750-5d5ce567680708e599cd85b13a6bddaf.jpg?1591399779[/IMG][/URL] [URL='https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/g-steer.16751/'][IMG]https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/16/16751-03aab3c359de2bc9df677a6253cdc6f8.jpg?1591399779[/IMG][/URL][/INDENT] [/QUOTE]
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