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colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #aaa;; line-height: 1.5em"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Francis_Octavius_Grenfell.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/ec/Francis_Octavius_Grenfell.jpg" decoding="async" width="162" height="184" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="162" data-file-height="184" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="font-size: 100%">Captain Francis Grenfell VC</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Born</th><td class="infobox-data">4 September 1880<br /><a href="/wiki/Surrey,_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Surrey, England">Surrey</a>, <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">24 May 1915 (aged 34)<br /><a href="/wiki/Hooge,_Ypres" title="Hooge, Ypres">Hooge</a>, <a 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/></a></span> <a href="/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">British Army</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Years of service</th><td class="infobox-data">1900–1915 <a href="/wiki/Killed_in_action" title="Killed in action"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Old English Text MT',serif"><b>†</b></span></a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Captain_(OF-2)" class="mw-redirect" title="Captain (OF-2)">Captain</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Unit</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/King%27s_Royal_Rifle_Corps" title="King's Royal Rifle Corps">King's Royal Rifle Corps</a><br /><a href="/wiki/9th_Lancers" class="mw-redirect" title="9th Lancers">9th Lancers</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Battles / wars</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Second_Boer_War" title="Second Boer War">Second Boer War</a> <p><a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Western_Front_(World_War_I)" title="Western Front (World War I)">Western Front</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Race_to_the_Sea" title="Race to the Sea">Race to the Sea</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Action_of_Elouges" title="Action of Elouges">Battle of Elouges</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Ypres" title="Second Battle of Ypres">Second Battle of Ypres</a>  <a href="/wiki/Killed_in_action" title="Killed in action"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Old English Text MT',serif"><b>†</b></span></a></li></ul></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Awards</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Victoria_Cross" title="Victoria Cross">Victoria Cross</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Relations</th><td class="infobox-data">Field Marshal <a href="/wiki/Francis_Grenfell,_1st_Baron_Grenfell" title="Francis Grenfell, 1st Baron Grenfell">Francis Grenfell, 1st Baron Grenfell</a> (uncle)<br /><a href="/wiki/Julian_Grenfell" title="Julian Grenfell">Julian Grenfell</a> (cousin)<br />Admiral <a href="/wiki/John_Pascoe_Grenfell" title="John Pascoe Grenfell">John Pascoe Grenfell</a> (grandfather)</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Francis Octavius Grenfell</b>, <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Cross" title="Victoria Cross">VC</a> (4 September 1880 – 24 May 1915) was an <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">English</a> recipient of the <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Cross" title="Victoria Cross">Victoria Cross</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_family">Early life and family</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Francis_Octavius_Grenfell&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit 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He was one of fifteen children. He had a twin brother, Riversdale Grenfell, also in the 9th Lancers, who was <a href="/wiki/Killed_in_action" title="Killed in action">killed in action</a> in September 1914. Their maternal grandfather was Admiral <a href="/wiki/John_Pascoe_Grenfell" title="John Pascoe Grenfell">John Pascoe Grenfell</a> and other relatives included their uncle, Field Marshal <a href="/wiki/Francis_Grenfell,_1st_Baron_Grenfell" title="Francis Grenfell, 1st Baron Grenfell">Francis Grenfell, 1st Baron Grenfell</a>. An older brother, Lieutenant Robert Septimus Grenfell, <a href="/wiki/21st_(Empress_of_India%27s)_Lancers" class="mw-redirect" title="21st (Empress of India's) Lancers">21st (Empress of India's) Lancers</a>, was killed in a cavalry charge during the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Omdurman" title="Battle of Omdurman">Battle of Omdurman</a> in 1898. Three other brothers, <a href="/wiki/Cecil_Grenfell" title="Cecil Grenfell">Cecil Grenfell</a>, Howard Maxwell Grenfell and Arthur Morton Grenfell all reached the rank of <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_colonel" title="Lieutenant colonel">lieutenant colonel</a> in the <a href="/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">British Army</a>. A cousin, Lieutenant Claude George Grenfell (Thorneycroft's Mounted Infantry) was killed at <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Spion_Kop" title="Battle of Spion Kop">Spion Kop</a> during the Boer War and two other cousins <a href="/wiki/Julian_Grenfell" title="Julian Grenfell">Julian Grenfell</a>, the poet, and his brother, Gerald William Grenfell, were killed in the First World War.<sup id="cite_ref-Grenfell_Family_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Grenfell_Family-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>An Etonian who represented his school at cricket, Grenfell joined the army in 1900 and first served in the <a href="/wiki/Second_Boer_War" title="Second Boer War">Second Boer War</a> in the <a href="/wiki/King%27s_Royal_Rifle_Corps" title="King's Royal Rifle Corps">King's Royal Rifle Corps</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Victoria_Cross">Victoria Cross</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Francis_Octavius_Grenfell&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Victoria Cross"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Vlamertinghe_Military_Cemetery_-9.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Vlamertinghe_Military_Cemetery_-9.jpg/220px-Vlamertinghe_Military_Cemetery_-9.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="343" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Vlamertinghe_Military_Cemetery_-9.jpg/330px-Vlamertinghe_Military_Cemetery_-9.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Vlamertinghe_Military_Cemetery_-9.jpg/440px-Vlamertinghe_Military_Cemetery_-9.jpg 2x" data-file-width="999" data-file-height="1559" /></a><figcaption>Grenfell's gravestone in Vlamertinghe Military Cemetery</figcaption></figure> <p>Grenfell was 33 years old, and a <a href="/wiki/Captain_(land_and_air)" class="mw-redirect" title="Captain (land and air)">captain</a> in the <a href="/wiki/9th_(Queen%27s_Royal)_Lancers" class="mw-redirect" title="9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers">9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers</a>, <a href="/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">British Army</a> during the <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">First World War</a> when the following deed during the <a href="/wiki/Action_of_Elouges" title="Action of Elouges">action of Elouges</a> took place for which he was awarded the VC. </p><p>On 24 August 1914 at Audregnies, <a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgium</a>, Captain Grenfell rode with the regiment in a charge against a large body of unbroken German infantry. The casualties were very heavy and the captain was left as the senior officer. He was rallying part of the regiment behind a railway embankment when he was twice hit and severely wounded. In spite of his injuries, however, when asked for help in saving the guns, by Major <a href="/wiki/Ernest_Wright_Alexander" class="mw-redirect" title="Ernest Wright Alexander">Ernest Wright Alexander</a> of the 119th Battery, Royal Field Artillery, he and some volunteers, under a hail of bullets, helped to manhandle and push the guns out of range of enemy fire. The citation was <a href="/wiki/London_Gazette" class="mw-redirect" title="London Gazette">gazetted</a> on 16 September 1914 and read: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>For gallantry in action against unbroken infantry at Andregnies, Belgium, on 24th August 1914, and for gallant conduct in assisting to save the guns of the 119th Battery, Royal Field Artillery, near Doubon the same day.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>He was killed in action on 24 May 1915 and is buried in the Vlamertinghe Military Cemetery.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Laffaye_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Laffaye-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legacy">Legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Francis_Octavius_Grenfell&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Regimental Museum of the 9th/12th Royal Lancers housed in <a href="/wiki/Derby_Museum_and_Art_Gallery" title="Derby Museum and Art Gallery">Derby Museum and Art Gallery</a>, Derby, England. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Memorial_to_officers_and_men_of_9th_Lancers_who_died_in_WWI.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Memorial_to_officers_and_men_of_9th_Lancers_who_died_in_WWI.jpg/170px-Memorial_to_officers_and_men_of_9th_Lancers_who_died_in_WWI.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Memorial_to_officers_and_men_of_9th_Lancers_who_died_in_WWI.jpg/255px-Memorial_to_officers_and_men_of_9th_Lancers_who_died_in_WWI.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Memorial_to_officers_and_men_of_9th_Lancers_who_died_in_WWI.jpg/340px-Memorial_to_officers_and_men_of_9th_Lancers_who_died_in_WWI.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1944" data-file-height="2592" /></a><figcaption>Memorial board in the <a href="/wiki/Cloister" title="Cloister">cloisters</a> of <a href="/wiki/Canterbury_Cathedral" title="Canterbury Cathedral">Canterbury Cathedral</a> to the officers and men of the 9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers who died during the First World War.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Memorial_to_officers_and_men_of_9th_Lancers_who_died_in_WWI-detail.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Memorial_to_officers_and_men_of_9th_Lancers_who_died_in_WWI-detail.jpg/220px-Memorial_to_officers_and_men_of_9th_Lancers_who_died_in_WWI-detail.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Memorial_to_officers_and_men_of_9th_Lancers_who_died_in_WWI-detail.jpg/330px-Memorial_to_officers_and_men_of_9th_Lancers_who_died_in_WWI-detail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Memorial_to_officers_and_men_of_9th_Lancers_who_died_in_WWI-detail.jpg/440px-Memorial_to_officers_and_men_of_9th_Lancers_who_died_in_WWI-detail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1944" /></a><figcaption>Detail of the memorial showing the names of the Grenfell twins.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Polo">Polo</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Francis_Octavius_Grenfell&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Polo"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>All nine of the Grenfell brothers were accomplished <a href="/wiki/Polo" title="Polo">polo</a> players. Francis and his twin brother, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Riversdale_Grenfell&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Riversdale Grenfell (page does not exist)">Riversdale Grenfell</a>, were regarded as the best in the family. Francis was rated at an 8-goal <a href="/wiki/Polo_handicap" title="Polo handicap">handicap</a>. The twin brothers were on the Ranelagh team that won the American Open and on the team Freebooters, alongside <a href="/wiki/Leopold_Christian_Duncan_Jenner" class="mw-redirect" title="Leopold Christian Duncan Jenner">Leopold Christian Duncan Jenner</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Henry_Innes-Ker,_8th_Duke_of_Roxburghe" title="Henry Innes-Ker, 8th Duke of Roxburghe">Duke of Roxburghe</a>, that won the <a href="/wiki/Hurlingham_Club" class="mw-redirect" title="Hurlingham Club">Hurlingham</a> Champion Cup.<sup id="cite_ref-Laffaye_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Laffaye-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Francis_Octavius_Grenfell&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Grenfell_Family-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Grenfell_Family_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFCoomb" class="citation web cs1">Coomb, Arthur Grenfell. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120208151130/http://grenfell.history.users.btopenworld.com/Databases/ghtout/gp50.htm">"Grenfell Family History"</a>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">12 June</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Grenfell+Family+History&rft.aulast=Coomb&rft.aufirst=Arthur+Grenfell&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fgrenfell.history.users.btopenworld.com%2FDatabases%2Fghtout%2Fgp50.htm%23head3&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFrancis+Octavius+Grenfell" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGazette28976" class="citation magazine cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/28976/page/9373">"No. 28976"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_London_Gazette" title="The London Gazette">The London Gazette</a></i>. 13 November 1914. p. 9373.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+London+Gazette&rft.atitle=No.+28976&rft.pages=9373&rft.date=1914-11-13&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thegazette.co.uk%2FLondon%2Fissue%2F28976%2Fpage%2F9373&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFrancis+Octavius+Grenfell" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/138224">"Casualty details - Grenfell, Francis Octavius"</a>. Commonwealth War Graves Commission<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">14 June</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Casualty+details+-+Grenfell%2C+Francis+Octavius&rft.pub=Commonwealth+War+Graves+Commission&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cwgc.org%2Ffind-war-dead%2Fcasualty%2F138224&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFrancis+Octavius+Grenfell" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Laffaye-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Laffaye_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Laffaye_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHorace_A._Laffaye2009" class="citation book cs1">Horace A. Laffaye (2009). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=9i-bgOjaVysC&q=grenfell&pg=PA142"><i>The Evolution of Polo</i></a>. McFarland & Company. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7864-3814-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7864-3814-3"><bdi>978-0-7864-3814-3</bdi></a>. <q>It is very true that the First World War robbed the British of some of their top and most promising players: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Geoffrey_Bowlby&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Geoffrey Bowlby (page does not exist)">Geoffrey Bowlby</a>, <a href="/wiki/Harold_Brassey" class="mw-redirect" title="Harold Brassey">Harold Brassey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leslie_Cheape" title="Leslie Cheape">Leslie Cheape</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Noel_Edwards" title="Arthur Noel Edwards">Arthur Noel Edwards</a>, Francis and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Rivy_Grenfell&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rivy Grenfell (page does not exist)">Rivy Grenfell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lord_Hugh_Grosvenor" title="Lord Hugh Grosvenor">Lord Hugh Grosvenor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brian_Osborne" title="Brian Osborne">Brian Osborne</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Bertie_Wilson&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bertie Wilson (page does not exist)">Bertie Wilson</a> ...</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Evolution+of+Polo&rft.pub=McFarland+%26+Company&rft.date=2009&rft.isbn=978-0-7864-3814-3&rft.au=Horace+A.+Laffaye&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D9i-bgOjaVysC%26q%3Dgrenfell%26pg%3DPA142&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFrancis+Octavius+Grenfell" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Francis_Octavius_Grenfell&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBuchan1920" class="citation book cs1">Buchan, John (1920). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/francisandriver00buchgoog"><i>Francis and Riversdale Grenfell, A Memoir</i></a>. T. Nelson and Sons, Ltd. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/563755">563755</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Francis+and+Riversdale+Grenfell%2C+A+Memoir&rft.pub=T.+Nelson+and+Sons%2C+Ltd&rft.date=1920&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F563755&rft.aulast=Buchan&rft.aufirst=John&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Ffrancisandriver00buchgoog&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFrancis+Octavius+Grenfell" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGliddon2011" class="citation book cs1">Gliddon, Gerald (2011) [1994]. <i>1914</i>. <a href="/wiki/VCs_of_the_First_World_War" title="VCs of the First World War">VCs of the First World War</a>. <a href="/wiki/The_History_Press" title="The History Press">The History Press</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0752459080" title="Special:BookSources/978-0752459080"><bdi>978-0752459080</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=1914&rft.series=VCs+of+the+First+World+War&rft.pub=The+History+Press&rft.date=2011&rft.isbn=978-0752459080&rft.aulast=Gliddon&rft.aufirst=Gerald&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFrancis+Octavius+Grenfell" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Francis_Octavius_Grenfell&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/search.php?query=%28%28subject%3A%22Grenfell%2C%20Francis%20Octavius%22%20OR%20subject%3A%22Grenfell%2C%20Francis%20O%2E%22%20OR%20subject%3A%22Grenfell%2C%20F%2E%20O%2E%22%20OR%20subject%3A%22Francis%20Octavius%20Grenfell%22%20OR%20subject%3A%22Francis%20O%2E%20Grenfell%22%20OR%20subject%3A%22F%2E%20O%2E%20Grenfell%22%20OR%20subject%3A%22Grenfell%2C%20Francis%22%20OR%20subject%3A%22Francis%20Grenfell%22%20OR%20creator%3A%22Francis%20Octavius%20Grenfell%22%20OR%20creator%3A%22Francis%20O%2E%20Grenfell%22%20OR%20creator%3A%22F%2E%20O%2E%20Grenfell%22%20OR%20creator%3A%22F%2E%20Octavius%20Grenfell%22%20OR%20creator%3A%22Grenfell%2C%20Francis%20Octavius%22%20OR%20creator%3A%22Grenfell%2C%20Francis%20O%2E%22%20OR%20creator%3A%22Grenfell%2C%20F%2E%20O%2E%22%20OR%20creator%3A%22Grenfell%2C%20F%2E%20Octavius%22%20OR%20creator%3A%22Francis%20Grenfell%22%20OR%20creator%3A%22Grenfell%2C%20Francis%22%20OR%20title%3A%22Francis%20Octavius%20Grenfell%22%20OR%20title%3A%22Francis%20O%2E%20Grenfell%22%20OR%20title%3A%22F%2E%20O%2E%20Grenfell%22%20OR%20title%3A%22Francis%20Grenfell%22%20OR%20description%3A%22Francis%20Octavius%20Grenfell%22%20OR%20description%3A%22Francis%20O%2E%20Grenfell%22%20OR%20description%3A%22F%2E%20O%2E%20Grenfell%22%20OR%20description%3A%22Grenfell%2C%20Francis%20Octavius%22%20OR%20description%3A%22Grenfell%2C%20Francis%20O%2E%22%20OR%20description%3A%22Francis%20Grenfell%22%20OR%20description%3A%22Grenfell%2C%20Francis%22%29%20OR%20%28%221880-1915%22%20AND%20Grenfell%29%29%20AND%20%28-mediatype:software%29">Works by or about Francis Octavius Grenfell</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Internet_Archive" title="Internet Archive">Internet Archive</a></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.spartacus-educational.com/FWWgrenfell.htm">"Francis Grenfell : First World War"</a>. Spartacus Educational<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">14 June</span> 2010</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Francis+Grenfell+%3A+First+World+War&rft.pub=Spartacus+Educational&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.spartacus-educational.com%2FFWWgrenfell.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFrancis+Octavius+Grenfell" class="Z3988"></span> - <i>(biography)</i></li> <li>Coomb, Arthur Grenfell. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.grenfellhistory.co.uk/biographies/francis_octavius_grenfell.php">"Grenfell Family History"</a>. 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