During World War I Steer was recruited by Lord Beaverbrook to paint pictures of the Royal Navy and he spent some time painting naval formations at Dover .
Lord Beaverbrook is the chairman of the British War Memorials Committee .
During World War I Steer was recruited by Lord Beaverbrook , the chairman of the British War Memorials Committee , to paint pictures of the Royal Navy and he spent some time painting naval formations at Dover .