† 26/05/1915 · aged 27 · Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, II.A.18; personal inscription: USQUE DUM VIVAM ET ULTRA
Personal data
Name
Grenfell
Initials
J.H.F.
Christian name
The Hon. Julian Henry Francis
Date and place of birth
St James's Square, Westminster, London; 30.03.1888
Family
Son of Lord and Lady Desborough of Taplow Court, Taplow, Bucks., and "Panshanger," Hertford.
Extra information
Information 1
Educated at Eton and Balliol College
Information 2
Served in India and South Africa
Military data
Rank
Capt.
Regiment / Unit
1 Royal Dragoons
Date of death
Age
27
Cemetery / Memorial
Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, II.A.18; personal inscription: USQUE DUM VIVAM ET ULTRA
Other information
Information 1
D.S.O.
Information 2
Died of wounds received at Ypres.
Information 3
War poet. Commemorated on a stone tablet - Poets' Corner, Westminster Abbey. Author of "Into Battle".
Information 4
His brother, The Hon. Gerald William, 2nd Lt. 8 Rifle Brigade was killed on 30 July 1915 (same day as Gilbert Talbot). On Menin Gate.
Information 5
'The Julian Grenfell Lamp' - Buenos Aires Branch. Endowed on 06.11.1923. First lit on 15.12.1923 at The Guildhall by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales. "In memory of J.H.F. Grenfell, D.S.O., Capt., 1st R. Dragoons, Ypres. 26.5.1915" (Donated by his father, Lord Desborough.) Relinquished and in the care of the Central Guard of the Lamp (1936).
Media
Sources
Source 1
Liber Vitae 1928
Source 2
BRT 36
Source 3
S. Smith, Toc H Roll of Lamps
Source 4
Roll of the Lamps of Maintenance of Toc H, 1922-1936
