Captain Lord Hugh William Grosvenor was a son of Hugh Lupus Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster, and his second wife, formerly The Hon. Katherine Cavendish, third daughter of the 2nd Baron Chesham. He was married on April 21, 1906 to Lady Mabel Crichton, daughter of John Crichton, 4th Earl Erne, and his wife, the former Lady Florence Cole, daughter of William Cole, 3rd Earl of Enniskillen. He was the father of the 4th and 5th Dukes of Westminster.
Grosvenor was the commander of C Squadron, 1st Life Guards, and was killed in action, during the First Battle of Ypres in World War I. He and other British soldiers killed in the battle were buried in a mass grave, the site of which remains unfound to this day. Having no known grave, he is commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium.
Grosvenor was the commander of C Squadron, 1st Life Guards, and was killed in action, during the First Battle of Ypres in World War I. He and other British soldiers killed in the battle were buried in a mass grave, the site of which remains unfound to this day. Having no known grave, he is commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium.
Captain Lord Hugh William Grosvenor was a son of Hugh Lupus Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster, and his second wife, formerly The Hon. Katherine Cavendish, third daughter of the 2nd Baron Chesham. He was married on April 21, 1906 to Lady Mabel Crichton, daughter of John Crichton, 4th Earl Erne, and his wife, the former Lady Florence Cole, daughter of William Cole, 3rd Earl of Enniskillen. He was the father of the 4th and 5th Dukes of Westminster.
Grosvenor was the commander of C Squadron, 1st Life Guards, and was killed in action, during the First Battle of Ypres in World War I. He and other British soldiers killed in the battle were buried in a mass grave, the site of which remains unfound to this day. Having no known grave, he is commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium.
Grosvenor was the commander of C Squadron, 1st Life Guards, and was killed in action, during the First Battle of Ypres in World War I. He and other British soldiers killed in the battle were buried in a mass grave, the site of which remains unfound to this day. Having no known grave, he is commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium.
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