Hugh Frederick Grosvenor plaque

The public map records this plaque for Hugh Frederick Grosvenor. Its recorded inscription reads: Near this spot Hugh Frederick Grosvenor, 2nd Lieutenant, the Lifeguards, lost his life in an armoured car accident while on military duty, 9th April 1947, aged 19 years.

Hugh Frederick Grosvenor, a young member of the British aristocracy and heir to the Duke of Westminster title, died at age 19 in an armoured car accident while serving as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Lifeguards, marking an early and tragic end to potential significant influence within both military and civilian spheres of British society.