War Memorials
Memorial to Charles Norman Grenfell d. 1946 at Meredith, Victoria, Australia.
Inscription reads:
Sergeant C N Grenfell
Royal Australian Engineers
18th June 1946 Age 30
His Duty Fearlessly
And Nobly Done
Ever Remembered
(Photograph courtesy of George Spadon Find A Grave member 48254045)
Memorial to Claude George Grenfell d. 1900 at Spion Kop Memorial, Natal, Republic of South Africa.
Spion Kop Memorial includes the name of
Lieut. Claude George Grenfell
Natal Field Force, Thorneycroft’s Mounted Infantry.
(Photograph by Tim Giddens)
Memorial to Claude George Grenfell d. 1900, at Harrow School.
Harrow School Memorial includes the name of
Lieut. Claud George Grenfell.
[Image reproduced with the permission of the Governors of Harrow School]
Memorial to Francis Octavius Grenfell d. 1915 at Vlamertinghe Military Cemetery, Belgium.
Inscription reads:
Captain
Francis O Grenfell VC
9th Lancers
24th May 1915
Also to the memory of
His twin brother
Riversdale
born 1880
Sons of Pascoe and Sophia Grenfell
Memorial to Francis and Riversdale Grenfell at St George’s Chapel,
Ypres, Belgium.
To the Memory of the Twins Captain Francis O. Grenfell and Captain Riversdale N. Grenfell, 9th lancers both Killed in Action 1914-1915.
Erected by their Sister Mrs L. Bulteel.
(Image at St George’s Chapel, Ypres, Belgium.)
Memorial to Francis and Riversdale Grenfell at Canterbury Cathedral
9th Lancers memorial board at Canterbury Cathedral including the names of Francis and Riversdale Grenfell.
Memorial to Geoffrey Seymour Grenfell at Lowestoft, Suffolk
Memorial in Lowestoft, Suffolk listing Lieutenant Commander GS Grenfell (centre of the image)
Memorial to Grenfell Family at Eton College
Image taken with the kind permission of the Provost & Fellows of Eton College.
Memorial listing James Grenfell d. 1917
Richard Grenfell d. 1918 at Clunes, Victoria, Australia.
Memorial to Julian Henry Francis Grenfell d. 1915 at Boulogne Eastern cemetery, France.
Inscription reads:
Captain The Hon. J.H.F. Grenfell D.S.O.
The Royal Dragoons, 26 May 1915
Usoul Dum Vivam Et Ultra
Memorial in Poet’s Corner Westminster Abbey, London to 16 Great War poets including Julian Grenfell
‘My subject is War, and the pity of War. The Poetry is in the pity’
Memorial to Julian and Gerald Grenfell at Taplow Court, Buckinghamshire.
Inscription reads:
In memory of the happy lives of
Julian Henry Francis Grenfell DSO,
Captain Royal Dragoons,
Died of wounds at Boulogne
May 26th 1915 aged 27
And of Gerald William Grenfell,
Second Lieutenant Rifle Brigade,
Killed leading a charge near Hooge July 30th 1915, aged 25.
Memorial to Pascoe St Leger Grenfell d. 1896 at the Pioneer Cemetery, Fort Ingwenya, Zimbabwe.
One of the pictured crosses bears the name of Pascoe St Leger Grenfell
Rebellion Monument at Zimbabwe Military Museum, Gweru, Zimbabwe listing Pascoe St Leger Grenfell d. 1896
Royal Air Force Memorial, Runnymede, Surrey. bearing the name of Reginald Pascoe Sidney Grenfell d. 1941
Memorial Richard John Grenfell d. 1942 at Feltwell (St Nicholas) Churchyard, Norfolk.
Inscription reads:
404026 Sergeant R.J. Grenfell
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Royal N.Z. Air Force
29th June 1942 aged 22
Memorial to Riversdale Nonus Grenfell d. 1914
at Vendresse Churchyard, Aisne, France.
Inscription reads:
Captain R.N. Grenfell
Royal Bucks Hussars
ATTD. 9th Lancers
14 September 1914 Age 34
Twin brother to Captain Francis Grenfell VC
Killed at Hooge
Loyal Devoir
Memorial to Robert Septimus Grenfell d. 1898 at Eton College
Inscription reads:
In Memory of
Robert Septimus Grenfell
Lieut 12th Royal Lancers
Killed in action at Omdurman
2nd September 1898
Aged 23
Erected by his Comrades
(Image taken with the kind permission of the Provost & Fellows of Eton College.)
Richard Grenfell d. 1942 on War Memorial at Pendeen, Cornwall.
Memorial to RT Grenfell, C Tompkins & WE Jones at Niton,
Isle of Wight, Hampshire
Inscription reads:
In Memory of
Principal Keeper R. T. Grenfell
Assistant Keeper C. Tompkins
Assistant Keeper W. E. Jones
Who were killed whilst on duty at St Catherine’s Lighthouse
on 1st June 1943, when the station was bombed by enemy aircraft.
W H Grenfell on War Memorial at Sancreed, Cornwall.
