Lord Hugh William Grosvenor
Memorial: Old Sodbury - St John the Baptist Church
Regiment: 1st Life Guards
Medals: 1914 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Captain
Parents: 1st Duke of Westminster and Katherine, Duchess of Westminster
Marital status: Married
Home address: 9 Southwick Cresent, London
Pre-war occupation: Military
Date of birth: 1884
Place of birth: London
Buried/Commemorated at: Ypres, Menin Gate Memorial (Panel 3.), Belgium
Age: 30
Further information:
Lord Hugh William Grosvenor was born in London in 1884. His parents were the 1st Duke of Westminster and Katherine Duchess of Westminster. Lord Grosvenor was married to Lady Mabel Hamilton Stubber, they had two children, Gerald Hugh born 1907 and Robert George born 1910. Lord Hugh Grosvenor was a talented polo player
Lord Grosvenor joined the 1st Battalion, Life Guards as a Captain. He was Killed in Action on the 30 October 1914 at the age of 30 years. He was awarded the Victory, the British War and the Star and Clasp medals
Lord Hugh William Grosvenor is remembered on the Menin Gate Memorial at Ypres, at the Old Sodbury Church and also on the Chipping Sodbury and District Memorial Cottage Hospital board, now at Yate and District Heritage Centre
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
Yate and District Heritage Centre, Forces War Records and CWGC