Henry William "Harry" Steele-Bodger MRCVS

MRCVS

Member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons Any veterinary surgeon wishing to practice veterinary surgery in the United Kingdom must be a properly registered member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons...

 (1896 - January 1952) was a British veterinary surgeon

Veterinary surgeon

Veterinary surgeon is a term used to describe:*The full title of a vet, who treats disease, disorder and injury in animals, in the United Kingdom and several Commonwealth countries**See also Veterinary medicine in the United Kingdom...

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Educated at Cranleigh School

Cranleigh School

Cranleigh School is an independent English boarding school in the village of Cranleigh, Surrey. It was founded in 1865 as a boys' school and started to admit girls in the early 1970s. It is now co-educational. The current headmaster is Guy de W...

, he served with the Blue Cross Ambulance Corps, Royal Engineers

Royal Engineers

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 and Royal Horse Artillery

Royal Horse Artillery

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, losing an eye. After the war he qualified as a vet at the Royal Veterinary College, Edinburgh and set up practice in Tamworth

Tamworth

Tamworth is a town and local government district in Staffordshire, England, located north-east of Birmingham city centre and north-west of London. The town takes its name from the River Tame, which flows through the town, as does the River Anker...

, Staffs. He was active in leading vets and founded the Society of Veterinary Practitioners.
In 1940, served as President of the British Veterinary Association

His sons Micky

Micky Steele-Bodger

Michael Roland "Micky" Steele-Bodger CBE is a former English rugby union footballer who played flanker for Harlequins, and the Barbarians, and is currently the President of the Barbarian Football Club....

 and Alasdair

Alasdair Steele-Bodger

Alasdair Steele-Bodger CBE was a British veterinary surgeon. He was the son of Harry Steele-Bodger, also a noted vet and the elder brother of Micky Steele-Bodger, also a vet and England international rugby player...

were also vets, and Micky also an international rugby player.

External links

• http://www.bva.co.uk/public/documents/hsb_biography.pdf