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Sam Steele
Military Person
1848 – 1919
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Who was Sam Steele?
Major General Sir Samuel Benfield Steele, KCMG, CB, MVO was a distinguished Canadian soldier and police official. He was an officer of the North-West Mounted Police, most famously as head of the Yukon detachment during the Klondike Gold Rush, and commanding officer of Strathcona's Horse during the Boer War.
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- Born
- Jan 5, 1848
Bracebridge - Parents
- Religion
- Anglicanism
- Nationality
- Canada
- Died
- Jan 30, 1919
Putney
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on July 23, 2013
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