Billy Grenfell

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Gerald William 'Billy' Grenfell (March 29, 1890 - July 30, 1915), was the second son of Lord Desborough and Ethel Priscilla Fane and a younger brother of Julian Grenfell a British poet of World War I.

He was educated at Eton College and Balliol College, Oxford.

He was killed in action on July 30, 1915, leading a charge near Hooge. His body was lost in the mud and never recovered.

His name is inscribed on the Menin Gate

[edit] References

  • Julian Grenfell : His Life and the Times of his Death (1976) by Nicholas Mosley
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