SIR SAMUEL BENFIELD STEELE -- Medonte Township, Ontario
N 44° 38.943 W 079° 35.751
17T E 611342 N 4944924
First commanding officer of Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians), also know as "Canada's Greatest Police Officer" for his accomplishments with the North West Mounted Police.
Waymark Code: WM9BQD
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 07/27/2010
Views: 7
SIR SAMUEL BENFIELD STEELE
KCMG. CB. MVO
BORN JANUARY 5 1848, HERE AT PURBROOK
SON OF CAPT ELMES STEELE AND HIS WIFE, ANNE
35TH REGIMENT, SIMCOE MILITIA - 1866
A BATTERY, ROYAL CANADIAN ARTILLERY - 1871
NORTH WEST MOUNTED POLICE - 1873
MARCH WEST IN 1874
KOOTENEY EXPEDITION AND FORT STEELE
YUKON - THE GOLD RUSH - 1898
RAISED STRATHCONA'S HORSE - 1900
COMMANDED IN SOUTH AFRICA 1900-1901
ANGLO-BOER WAR
SOUTH AFRICAN CONSTABULARY - 1901
PROMOTED MAJOR-GENERAL 1914
KNIGHTED KCMG - 1918
DIED JANUARY 30, 1919 AT PUTNEY ENGLAND
BURIED AT WINNIPEG MANITOBA
This memorial is located at Purbrook, the family farm of the Steele family. A memorial to his father also appears at this site, along with a picnic area and shelter.
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