William Jones Steele (1868-1951)
1922 D.S.O., M.Inst.C.E., M.Inst. M. and Cy.E., City Engr., Newcastle-on-Tyne.
1951 Obituary [1]
WILLIAM JONES STEELE, D.S.O., who died on the 7th October, 1951, at the age of 83, was born on the 13th September, 1868. On completion of his training he was transferred to the staff of the Borough Engineer of West Hartlepool, the late Mr J. W. Brown, to whom he had been articled. In 1896, he was appointed Chief Assistant to the Surveyor and Water Engineer of Tottenham, and in 1898, Deputy Chief Engineer of Bristol.
Twelve years later he became City Engineer of Newcastle-on-Tyne where he remained until he retired in 1939. During the 1914-18 war he served in Prance as an officer in the Royal Engineers and won the Distinguished Service Order. Mr Steele, who was elected an Associate Member of the Institution in April 1899, and was transferred to the class of Member in January 1913, was Chairman of the Newcastle-on-Tyne and District Association from1936 to 1937. He was also a Member of the Institution of Municipal Engineers