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VC528 Francis Octavus Grenfell
BORN 4 September 1880
DIED 24 May 1915 AGE 34
VC Won 24 August 1914 AGE 34
Place VC Won Audregnies, Belgium
War/Campaign First World War 1914
Name Francis Octavus Grenfell No. POSTHUMOUS
VC Issue No. 528 Awards VC
Regiment 9th Lancers, B Squadron
Later Queen's Royal Lancers
Now The Royal Lancers
Rank VC Won Captain
Rank End Of Career Captain
Place Of Birth Hatchlands, near Guildford, Surrey, England
Place Of Death Near Hooge, Belgium
Buried/Location Ashes Vlamertinghe Military Cemetery, 3 miles west of Ypres, Belgium
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone (CWGC) Plot/Grave no. Plot 2, Row B, Grave 14
Gazetted 16 November 1914
VC Presented 21 or 22 February 1915 by King George V at Buckingham Palace, London, England
Memorials
P Headstone, Vlamertinghe Military Cemetery, 3 miles west of Ypres, Belgium
P Named on Beaconsfield War Memorial, Buckinghamshire
P Memorial window at St Church, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire
P Named on Eton College war memorial, Eaton, Windsor, Berkshire
P Named on Victoria Cross Memorial, Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire
P Named on Grenfell Memorial, the cloisters, Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire
P Named on Eton Memorial, St Georges Chapel, Ypres, Belgium
P Memorial window, St Georges Chapel, Ypres, Belgium
P Named on memorial, All Saints Church, Kilvey, Swansea, Wales
P Named on 9th Lancers Memorial, Canterbury Cathedral, Kent
Named on MCC roll of honour, Lords cricket ground, St Johns Wood, NW London
P Victoria Cross Commemorative Paving Stone, Tunsgate, High Street, Guildford, Surrey
P VC commemorative paving stone, war memorial, Windsor End, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire
By The Way…
He was originally buried in Vlamertinghe Churchyard, Belgium
VC Held By
9th / 12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales's), Derby Museum & Art Gallery, The Strand, Derby, Derbyshire, England
