CHOLMONDELEY, CHARLES ALMERIC JOHN, Captain, 2nd Battalion Border Regiment, yr. son of the late Lord Henry Vere Cholmondeley (2nd son of William Henry Hugh, 3rd Marquis of Cholmondeley), by his wife, Frances Isabella Catherine, 2nd daughter of Lieutenant-Col. the Hon. George Augustus Spencer [2nd son of Francis Almeric, 1st Baron Churchill, and gdson. Of George, 4th Duke of Marlborough]; b. London, 5 March, 1880; educated Charterhouse; gazetted to the Border Regiment from the Militia, 4 April, 1900, and promoted Lieutenant 4 Jan. 1902, and Captain 23 July, 1910. In the Army Exercise at Northampton, 1913, Captain Cholmondeley had a small command in the skeleton force under Major-General Munro, which operated so well from Daventry Heights. He was killed in action near Ypres, 28 Oct. 1914; unmarried.
CHOLMONDELEY, CHARLES ALMERIC JOHN, Captain, 2nd Battalion Border Regiment, yr. son of the late Lord Henry Vere Cholmondeley (2nd son of William Henry Hugh, 3rd Marquis of Cholmondeley), by his wife, Frances Isabella Catherine, 2nd daughter of Lieutenant-Col. the Hon. George Augustus Spencer [2nd son of Francis Almeric, 1st Baron Churchill, and gdson. Of George, 4th Duke of Marlborough]; b. London, 5 March, 1880; educated Charterhouse; gazetted to the Border Regiment from the Militia, 4 April, 1900, and promoted Lieutenant 4 Jan. 1902, and Captain 23 July, 1910. In the Army Exercise at Northampton, 1913, Captain Cholmondeley had a small command in the skeleton force under Major-General Munro, which operated so well from Daventry Heights. He was killed in action near Ypres, 28 Oct. 1914; unmarried.
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Note from GN: 2nd Bn. Border Regiment. 28th October 1914. Age 34. Son of the late Lord and Lady Henry V. Cholmondeley. Panel35.
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