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Captain Lord RICHARD WELLESLEY

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Grenadier Guards

No. 3 Coy. 1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 29 October 1914

Age 35 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HOOGE CRATER CEMETERY

XVI. B. 11.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Son of the 4th Duke of Wellington, K.G.; husband of Lady Louise Wellesley (daughter of the 20th Knight of Kerry) of Mount Hill, Tadworth, Surrey.
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Buried or commemorated at

HOOGE CRATER CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 5916
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