Handwritten letter (draft) from Marie to The Secretary of State for War at the War Office in London, asking about information regarding transport to South Africa.
Steele, Marie (de Lotbinière Harwood), 1859-1951Handwritten letter from Marie to a Mrs. Cole, of the Committee of the Soldiers' Wives' League, thanking them for the Christmas parcel they sent SBS; the letter is dated December 2nd, 1901.
Steele, Marie (de Lotbinière Harwood), 1859-1951Handwritten letter to Marie from Vivian Bartram in Ottawa, asking Marie to write to the War Office to secure his passage with hers to South Africa; the letter is dated October 1st, 1902.
Bartram, Vivian T.Handwritten letter from the Secretary of the Soldiers' Wive's League to Marie, re having a tea for her before she departs for South Africa; the letter is dated September 17th, 1902.
Steele, Marie (de Lotbinière Harwood), 1859-1951Handwritten letter from [C. Beckett] of the War Office, London, replying to Marie about passages to South Africa. The letter is dated September 10th, 1902.
Steele, Marie (de Lotbinière Harwood), 1859-1951Handwritten letter from Harwood with the "A" Section, 3rd Field Ambulance, Valcartier, Quebec to Marie in Winnipeg; 7 pp. and envelope.
Steele, HarwoodA letter dated September 10, 1908 to SBS from D.A. Macdonald, and forwarded to Marie from Sam
Steele, Marie (de Lotbinière Harwood), 1859-1951Includes attached invoice from Royal Canadian Mounted Rifles Officers' Mess invoice and a letter from E.F. Mackie dated August 29th, 1908
Mackie, E.F.Birchall, A.P. Rapid Training of a Company for War. London: Gale & Polden Limited, 1914. (inscribed “with the author’s compliments Jan. 1915”)
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Williams, T.B. Coombe, ed. Savigear’s Guide to Horsemanship and Horse Training. 2nd ed. London: A. Savigear, Riding School and Gale & Polden, Ltd., 1904. (signed by S.B. Steele)
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Wagner, Arthur L., ed. Cavalry Studies from Two Great Wars. Kansas City, MO: Hudson-Kimberly Publishing Company, 1896. (signed by S.B.S with year)
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Von Verdy Du Vernois, General. A Tactical Study Based on the Battle of Custozza. Translated by G.F.R. Henderson and R.A. Henderson. Gale & Polden’s Military Series. London: Gale & Polden Ltd., 1894. (signed by S.B.S. with name and title)
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Von Bernhardi, Freiherr. Translated by G.T.M. Bridges. Cavalry in War and Peace. The Pall Mall Military Series. London: Hugh Rees, Limited, 1910. (signed by S.B.S with position and date, and also signed ‘S.B. Steele’ in Marie’s handwriting)
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919United States Army. War Department. Office of the Chief of Staff. United States Army Transport Service Regulations. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1914. (stamped ‘With Compliments of Provincial Library Manitoba’ on inside cover)
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919United States Army. War Department. Office of the Chief of Staff. Field Service Regulations. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1914. (stamped on inside cover: “With Compliments of Provincial Library Manitoba)
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919United States Army. War Department. Office of the Chief of Staff. Drill Regulations for Cavalry. Rev. ed. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1909. (signed by S.B.S with name and date)
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Tovey, R.E. Revised and Edited by T. Miller Maguire. The Elements of Strategy. The Pall Mall Military Series. 2rd ed. London: Hugh Rees, Limited, 1906. (signed twice by S.B.S with year, and also twice signed ‘H.E. Steele’ in Marie’s handwriting)
Steele, HarwoodBennett-Goldney, Francis. The First Arrivals of Wounded at Folkestone Pier and the Early Importance and Developments of the Bevan Military Hospital at Sandgate. London: William Clowes and Sons. Limited, 191[7]. (inscribed on front cover: ‘For dear Mrs. Steele with love from the Authors Francis Bennett-Goldney June 1917’)
Steele, Marie (de Lotbinière Harwood), 1859-1951Solano, E. John, ed. Field Entrenchments: Spadework for Riflemen. Imperial Army Series. London: John Murray, 1915.
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Smith, Henry. The Rifle Shot’s Manual. London: William Clowes & Sons, Limited, 1900.
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Sherston, J. and L.J. Shadwell. Tactics Applied to Schemes: With Numerous Solutions to Tactical Schemes and 16 Maps. Vol. !!. Maps. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1905. (signed by S.B.S. with name, title and date (1909))
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Sherston, J. and L.J. Shadwell. Tactics Applied to Schemes: With Numerous Solutions to Tactical Schemes and 16 Maps. Vol. !. Text. 4th ed. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1905. (signed by S.B.S. with name, title and date)
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Satow, Ernest. A Guide to Diplomatic Practice. Vol. II. London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1917. (signed: ‘S.B. Steele Shorncliffe Kent, 1917’; paper book cover ripped and part missing)
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Satow, Ernest. A Guide to Diplomatic Practice. Vol. I. London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1917. (signed: ‘S.B. Steele Shorncliffe Kent, England 29th June 1917’)
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Rimington, M. F. Our Cavalry. London: McMillan and Co., Limited, 1912. (‘S.B. Steele’ signed in book by Marie Steele)
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Raker, S.M. Notes on Musketry Training for use by Instructors. London: W.S. Paine & Co., 1915.
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Pope, E.W. The Canadian Officer’s Guide to the Study of Military Law. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1916. (an inscription at the front of the book reads: ‘To Major Gen’l S.B. Steele C.B. M.V.O. from E.W. Pope 31 July 1916’)
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Bacon, E.V. A Chart of the New Company Drill with Explanatory Diagrams and Notes. London: Hugh Rees, Ltd., 1915. (signed by S.B.S with name and title)
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Pollard, W.D.J. Skeleton Operation Orders. London: Hugh Rees, Ltd., 1913. (signed by ‘S.B. Steele, Major Gen Comg Shorncliffe, Kent’)
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919O’Callaghan, D. The Young Officer’s “Don’t: or Hints to Youngsters on Joining. London: Hugh Rees, Limited, 1907.
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Nash, Edward. The Principles of Strategy. Fifteenth Volume of Military Handbooks for Officers and Non-Commissioned Officers. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd., 1905. (signed by S.B. Steele)
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Murray, Stewart. Discipline: Its Reason and Battle Value. Gale & Polden’s Military Series. London: Gale & Polden, Ltd., 1894. (signed by S.B.S with name, place (Winnipeg) and date (19 March 09)
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Murray, Stewart L. The Reality of War: An Introduction to “Clausewitz”. London: Hugh Rees, Ltd., 1909. (signed by S.B.S with name, place (Winnipeg) and date (19 March 09)
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Monsenergue, Colonel. Translated by E. Louis Spiers. Cavalry Tactical Schemes: A Series of Practical Exercises for Cavalry. The Pall Mall Military Series. London: Hugh Rees, Ltd., 1914. (inscribed ‘Major Genl Steele C.B., M.V.O. [OC] with very kind regards from F. Bennett [Goldney] Aug 1915, Shornclyffe’)
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Moffitt, F.W. Infantry Field Work: Lectures to Non-Commissioned Officers. 3rd ed. London: Hugh Rees, Ltd., 1915. (signed S.B.S with name and title)
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Minister of Militia and Defence. The King’s Regulations and Orders for The Canadian Militia. Ottawa: Department of Militia and Defence, 1917.
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919[Minister of Militia and Defence]. [The Militia List.] Ottawa: Department of Militia and Defence, 191[4]. (front and back cover missing; book signed in front ‘S.B. Steele DOC 10’)
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Aylmer, F.J. Protection in War. The Pall Mall Military Series. London: Hugh Rees Ltd., 1912. (signed by S.B.S.)
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Maude, F.N. Cavalry: Its Past and Future. London: William Clowes & Sons, Limited, 1903. (signed by S.B.S on page 31)
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Legge, R.F. Guide to Promotion for Officers in Subject (a) (i) (Regimental Duties). 5th ed. Aldershot: Gale & Polden, Ltd., Wellington Works, 1915. (signed ‘S.B. Steele’ by Marie Steele, and signed by SBS with name and title)
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Knox, Alexander. Rules for the Transliteration of Place-Names Occurring on Foreign Maps. London: Harrison and Sons, 1906. (signed by S.B.S. with name and title)
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Kiesling, von Hans. Translated by The General Staff, War Office. Operation Orders: A Technical Study. London: His Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1910. (signed twice by S.B.S with year, and also twice signed ‘H.E. Steele’ in Marie’s handwriting)
Steele, HarwoodKennedy, H.G. ed. History of the 101st Regiment Edmonton Fusiliers: Allied with the royal Munster Fusiliers 1908-1913. [Edmonton]: Pierce & Kennedy, 191[4]. (burgundy vinyl cover inscribed in gold lettering’ Col. S.B. Steele, C.B., M.V.O. D.O.C., M.D. NO. 10 Fort Osborne Barracks Winnipeg Compliments Lieut.-Colonel W.F.W. Carstairs)
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Jennings-Bramly, H. The Execution of Infantry Entrenchments: and Notes on Various considerations Affecting Them. London: Hugh Rees, Ltd., 1908. (signed twice by S.B.S with name, title, and place (Winnipeg, Canada))
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919James, W. H. Modern Strategy: An Outline of the Principles Which Guide the Conduct of Campaigns to Which is Added a Chapter on Modern Tactics. 2nd ed. Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1914. (signed by S.B. Steele)
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Hornby, M.L. How to March. Gale & Polden’s Military Series. London: Hugh Rees, Ltd., 1915.
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Holland, Thomas Erskine. The Laws of War on Land: Written and Unwritten. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1908. (ripped out page at front of book)
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919An Instructor. Rapid Training of Recruits: A Practical Scheme. London: Gale & Polden, Ltd., 1916. (missing spine, unattached front cover)
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Hayes, M. Horace. Stable Management and Exercise. London: Hurst and Blackett, Limited, 1900. (signed by S.B.S with name and title: DOC Mil Dist 13)
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Hamley, Edward Bruce. The Operations of War Explained and Illustrated. Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1914. (signed S.B. Steele, Nov. 1909 in front of book, and signed twice more, once by SBS and once by Marie Steele)
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Hamilton, Ian. A Staff Officer’s Scrap-Book During the Russo-Japanese War. Vol.!!, London: Edward Arnold, 1907.
Hamilton, Ian S. M., General Sir, 1853-1947Hale, Lonsdale. What to Observe and How to Report It. 8th ed. London: High Rees, Ltd., 1906. (signed in front by S.B.Steele, Major Gen.)
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Haking, R.C.B. Staff Rides and Regimental Tours. London: Hugh Rees, Limited, 1908. (signed by S.B.S with name and title)
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Griepenkerl, Colonel. Letters on Applied Tactics: Twenty-Four Tactical Exercises Dealing With The Operations of Small Detached Forces of the Three Arms. 4th ed. Trans. R. Maxwell. London: Hugh Rees, Ltd., 1905. ( signed by S.B. Steele)
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919“Grenadier” [pseud.]. Some Notes on Artillery: Considered from an Infantry Standpoint. London: Hugh Rees, Ltd., 1915. (signed twice by S.B.S with name and title)
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919“Grenadier” [pseud.]. Notes on Elementary Field Training: Part II. London: Hugh Rees, Ltd., 1915. (signed ‘S.B.Steele Major Gen. at front of book)
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919“Grenadier” [pseud.]. Notes on Elementary Field Training: Part 1. London: Hugh Rees, Ltd., 1915. (signed by S.B.S in centre of book)
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Great Britain. War Office. Training and Maneuvre Regulations. London: Published by Authority, 1913.
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919An Army Schoolmaster. Guide to Official Letter Writing, Orders, &c. Gale & Polden’s Military Series. Vol. 24. Chatham: Gale and Polden, Brompton Works, 18[86]. (signed ‘S.B. Steele Macleod May/92’ in front of book)
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919[Great Britain. War Office]. Staff Manual. War. Provisional. London: His Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1912. (signed by ‘S.B. Steele Major Genl’)
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919[Great Britain. War Office]. Regulations for Mobilization. London: His Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1906. (signed by ‘Colonel S.B. Steele’) Issued with Army Orders dated 1st December, 1907.
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919[Great Britain. War Office]. Memorandum on Number of Troops to the Yard in the Principal Battles Since 1850: With the Opinions of Modern Authorities on the Limits of Extension at the Present Day. London: His Majesty’s Stationery Office, [1914]. (back cover is loose, and book is signed in front "Col. S.B. Steele Mil Dist 13. Canada")
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919[Great Britain. War Office]. Manual of Sanitation in its Application to Military Life. London: His Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1907. (stamped in several places with: ‘District Officer Commanding Mil’y Dist. No. 13’)
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919[Great Britain. War Office]. Manual of Military Law. London: Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1914. (stamped District Officer Commanding Military District No. 10 Jun 15 1914, and the initials D.O.C. also written on page)
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919[Great Britain. War Office]. Manual of Military Law. London: His Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1907.
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Great Britain. War Office. Instructions in the Care of Barracks: A Manual for Quartermaster-Serjeants, Pioneers, and Others Performing Sanitary Duties in Military Commands. London: His Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1901.
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Great Britain. War Office. Infantry Training: 4-Company Organizations. London: Published by Authority, 1914.
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919[Great Britain. War Office]. Handbook of the Range=Finder Infantry, No. 2. (Barr & Stroud). 31-5 Inches Base. London: His Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1916. (signed by ‘S.B. Steele’)
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Great Britain. War Office. Handbook of the 18-PR. QF. Gun. Land Service. London: Published by Authority, 1915.
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Altham, E.A. The Principles of War Historically Illustrated. London: MacMillan and Co., Limited, 1914. (book)
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Great Britain. War Office. General Staff. Bayonet Training. London: His Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1916. (signed by S.B.S.; front cover is loose)
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Great Britain. War Office. Field Service Regulations: Part II. 1909. Reprint, London: His Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1913. (‘D.O.C. M.D. 10 written on title page)
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919[Great Britain. War Office]. Encampments Made Easy: In Accordance with Combined Training and Manual of Military Engineering, Together with Details of Pitching and Striking Tents and Marquees. Gale & Polden’s Military Series. London: Gale & Polden Limited, 1903. (inscribed “with the author’s compliments Jan. 1915”)
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919[Great Britain. War Office]. Dress Regulations for the Officers of the Army (Including the Militia). London: His Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1904. (loose page and tearing of cover at binding)
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Great Britain. War Office. Cavalry Training. 1912. Reprint, London: His Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1915. (signed twice by S.B.S with name and title)
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Great Britain. Army. Manual of Physical Training. 1908. Reprint, London: His Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1914. (signed twice by S.B.S with name and title)
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Great Britain. Army. Instruction in Bayonet Fighting. London: His Majesty’s Stationery Office, 190[8]. (stamped on front cover: District Officer Commanding Mil’y Dist. No. 13”)
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Great Britain. Army. Aids to Manoeurvre Duties. Gale & Polden’s Military Series. London: Gale & Polden Ltd., 1905.
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Goodenough, W.H. and J.C. Dalton. The Army Book for the British Empire: A Record of the Development and Present Composition of the Military Forces and Their Duties in Peace and War. London: Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1893. (signed twice by S.B. Steele and dated 15 July 95 at Macleod).
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Gilbert, Gerald. The Evolution of Tactics. The Pall Mall Military Series. London: Hugh Rees, Limited, 1907. (inscribed on inside front cover: ‘To Col SB Steele, C.B.M.V.O. with the seasons best wishes [A…] Xmas ’08; also signed ‘S.B. Steele’ in Marie’s handwriting)
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Gall, H.R. Questions and Answers on “Field Service Regulations Part 1 (Operations) 1909”. London: Hugh Rees, Ltd., 1910. (signed on inside cover: ‘SB Steele 24.6.12’)
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Ferguson, D. How to Become a Drill Instructor. London: Gale & Polden Ltd., 1908.
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Denison, George T. Soldiering in Canada. Toronto: George N. Morang and Company (Limited), 1900. (dedicated to S.B.S by author)
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Denison, George T. A History of Cavalry From the Earliest Times: With Lessons for the Future. 2nd ed. London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1913. (inscribed to Colonel S.B. Steele C.B. “with the compliments of The Author”; Marie Steele has also written both Harwood Steele’s and S.B. Steele’s names in the front of the book)
Steele, HarwoodDemangel, J. Questions and Answers on Tactics: For Examinations for Promotion, Staff College Etc. 12th ed. London: A. Bradford, 1907. (signed twice by S.B. Steele, and includes title: DOC 10 & 13, dated 1st April, 1909)
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Delme-Radcliffe, C. and J.W. Lewis. A Territorial Army in Being: A Practical Study of the Swiss Militia. London: John Murray, 1908.
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Collins, G.R.N. Pocket Manual of Military Law and Procedure. London: Hugh Rees, Ltd., 1916. (inscribed ‘with compliments of G.R.N. Collins’)
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Coddington, F.J.O. The Young Officer’s Guide to Military Law. London: Gale & Polden, Ltd., 1916. (signed by S.B.S with name and [title])
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Brett, Maurice V. Maxims of War. London: Hugh Rees, Ltd., 1905. (signed ‘SB Steele 1st Sept 1912 and signed both Harwood Steele and S.B. Steele by Marie Steele at front of book)
Steele, HarwoodSmall published volume: Fuller, Captain J.F.C. Training Soldiers for War. London: Hugh Rees, Ltd. 1914
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919