Jason Steed

Jason Steed is the Character from the young adult books starting with Fledgling Jason Steed.
The first book was published in 2008. Jason was born to British father Raymond V Steed.
Raymond Victory Steed
Raymond Victor Steed, Son of Mr. Wilfred & Mrs. Olive Steed (Nee Bright) of 20 Christchurch Road, Newport, Monmouthshire was born Monday 1st October 1928 at 2 Rimberley Terrace, St. Mellons, and is the youngest recorded service death of WWII who died Monday 26th April 1943. Age 14 years & 207 days.
Raymond's official service record (CRS10) shows he joined the Merchant Navy Reserve Pool (MNRP) 29th December 1942, just two months after his 14th birthday, joining his first ship as a Stewards Boy, at Newport the same day. The ship being the former Royal Mail Line 15,620grt SS Atlantis, which had been converted into a Hospital Ship in 1939. He left this ship 13th March 1943.
After taking his leave Raymond joined the 1941 built Catapult Aircraft Merchant Ship Empire Morn, 7,092grt, (MOWT, Headlam & Son-Whitby) at Newport on 4th April 1943. The ship loaded with a cargo of naval, military and RAF equipment for Casablanca & Gibraltar left Milford Haven sailing to the Barry Roads anchorage while waiting to join up with the combined 69 ship Convoy OS-46/KMS-13, which sailed from Liverpool on 15th April 1943. On 24th April the convoy split into two and continued to their individual ports of call.
On the evening of Monday 26th April at 9.45pm an explosion rocks the ship followed by a secondary explosion in the ships magazine seriously damaging the stern of the ship and blowing out a greater portion of the crew accommodation. At 10.05pm the Captain decides to temporarily abandon his ship until daybreak to assess the situation further. A thorough search and head count reveals 21 men are missing before the ships lifeboats are finally launched. The following morning at 5.30am the ship's Captain, all his Officers and three crewmen re-board the ship and assisted in working the vessel into Casablanca with the assistance of the salvage tug USN Cherokee.
On 28th April at 2.30pm during a further search through the wreckage of the crew accommodation the remains of two crewmembers were found and extricated and immediately recognized as that of Raymond Steed and John W. Gardener, an 18-year-old Ordinary Seaman. Identity papers found on both the bodies confirmed without doubt whom they were and it was stated that both had been killed instantly in the explosions. The remains of the other 19 men killed were never found, either being blown overboard or incinerated. On 29th April 1943 at 2.00pm the bodies of Raymond & John were laid to rest at the Ben M'Sik Cemetery about 6 kilometers from Casablanca town centre, which lies between the main road to Marrakech and the road known as Oulad Zianc. Present at the service was the Captain, all Officers and surviving crew who could be spared from duty.
German records show that the Empire Morn had detonated a mine laid earlier on 10th April 1943 off Casablanca by U-117. Raymond V. Steed was awarded the 1939 War Medal, Africa Star (with clasp). Atlantic Star & 1939-1945 Star.
Jason's mother is the novel is Karen Macintosh a Scottish Olympic Bronze medal winner. She dies giving birth to Jason in Hong Kong. As the young boy grows up in Hong Kong he enlists in various forms of Martial Arts. At age ten he becoames the under 15 Hong Kong Karate Champion. His father moves him back to England to enlist in a private school.
Jason joins the Sea Cadets at age 11 and while on summer camp off the Jakarta coast on retired Naval Frigate HMS stoke an international incident occurs, killing many of the sea cadets.
Jason is left alone and has 24 hours to recover a secret device and return it to Austalia.
Jason Steed Novels
*Fledgling Jason Steed (2008)
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