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Second Lieutenant GEORGE EDWARD CECIL

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Grenadier Guards

No. 4 Coy. 2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 September 1914

Age 18 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GUARDS GRAVE, VILLERS COTTERETS FOREST

II. 4.

France

Headstone

Photographer: Bill Caudwell

  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Col. Lord Edward Cecil (Grenadier Guards), fourth son of the third Marquess of Salisbury, and of Violet Georgina (Lady Edward Cecil), daughter of Admiral Frederick Maxse.
  • Personal Inscription ONLY SON OF LORD AND LADY EDWARD CECIL KILLED IN ACTION NEAR THIS SPOT

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