Frederick Charles Edward Cambridge
Memorial: Badminton Memorial Hall - Hayes Lane
Regiment: Coldstream Guards
Medals: General Service Medal
Rank and number: Captain
Parents: Lt.-Col. Adolphus Charles Alexander Albert Edward George Philip Louis Ladislaus Cambridge, G.C.B., G.C.V.O., C.M.G., 1st Marquess of Cambridge, and the Marchioness of Cambridge
Home address: Badminton House
Date of birth: 24/09/1907
Date of death: 15/05/1940
Buried/Commemorated at: Buried initially in Herent Communal Cemetery he was relocated to Heverlee War Cemetery Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium. He is commemorated in St Michael’s and all Angels Church Badminton
Age: 32
Further information:
Born in Vienna as Prince Frederick of Teck and related to the Royal Family of Windsors he was the youngest child with an older brother and 2 older sisters. He was with the British Expeditionary force in the advance into Belgium which followed on the German invasion of the Low Countries on the 10th of May. The 1st Battalion moved to Vilvorde, then on to Leuven, where they had their first engagement with German troops four days later. The following day, during very heavy fighting, Lord Cambridge was killed, the first officer of the Coldstream Guards to fall. He was a popular soldier and his loss was felt. He left his estate, which was worth over a million in today’s money, to his sister Mary Constance Duchess of Beaufort.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
This information has been provided by Sarah Hands, Volunteer Researcher for the South Gloucestershire War Memorials Web Site.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
https://www.cwgc.org/
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/
http://thepeerage.com/p10093.htm#i100930
https://www.britisharmedforcesthebest.com/single-post/2018/05/15/Captain-Lord-Frederick-Charles-Edward-Cambridge-1st-Battalion-The-Coldstream-Guards