John Miles Steel

Air Chief Marshal Sir John Miles Steel, (11 September 1877 – 2 December 1965) was a senior Royal Air Force commander.

Military career Steel attended the training ship Britannia from 1892 to 1894. and subsequently served in the Royal Navy. He was promoted to sub-lieutenant in 1897 and served in the Second Boer War as a member of the Naval Brigade. A permanent posting followed in September that year, when he was posted to , coast guard ship at Portsmouth. Promotion to commander followed in 1912, and to captain in 1916. According to Who’s Who, Laura Kathleen was a daughter of Dr William Sinclair-Thomson and Jessie Methven, daughter of George Addison Cox. The couple had three sons and one daughter. Their daughter, Helen Marjorie Steel, married Niale Shane Trevor Benson in 1939.