Name |
The Hon Gerald William (Billy) GRENFELL |
Rank/Number |
2nd Lieutenant |
Regiment |
Rifle Brigade 8th Battalion |
Enlisted |
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Age/Date of death |
25 30 Jul 1915 |
How died/Theatre of war |
Killed in action France & Flanders |
Last known address |
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Cemetery |
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, Belgium |
Grave or Memorial Reference |
Panel 46-48 & 50 |
Location of memorial |
Taplow St Nicolas |
Date/Place of birth |
29 Mar 1890 St George's, London |
Date/Place of baptism |
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Pre-war occupation of Casualty |
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Parents |
1st Baron & Lady Desborough |
Parent's occupation |
magistrate living on own means |
Parents' Address (last known) |
Taplow Court, Taplow & Panshanger, Hertford |
Wife |
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Wife's Address (last known) |
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Notes |
one of the war poets. Brother of Julian Henry Francis Grenfell |