Name Francis Octavius GRENFELL   VC
Rank/Number Captain    
Regiment/Unit 9th (Queens Royal) Lancers / 
Enlisted  
Age/Date of death 35 / 24 May 1915 
How died/Theatre of war Killed in action / France & Flanders
Residence at death  
Cemetery Vlamertinghe Military Cemetery, Ieper, Belgium 
Grave Reference II.B.14 
Location of memorial Beaconsfield War Memorial 
Date/Place of birth 04 Sep 1880 / East Clandon, Surrey
Date/Place of baptism 03 Oct 1880 East Clandon, Surrey 
Occupation of Casualty  
Parents/Occupation Pascoe du Pre & Sophia Grenfell / merchant
Parents' Address late of Wilton Park. 1901: London End, Beaconsfield 
Wife  
Wife's Address  
Notes Killed at Flanders. Twin brother of Riversdale Nonus Grenfell. See London Gazette for citation. Painting of Capt Grenfell at Battle of Mons can be seen at bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/paintings/