Leopold Reginald was born at Cuffnells, Lyndhurst, the middle son of Reginald Gervis Hargreaves who had inherited in 1872, the Cuffnells estate from his parents, and Alice Liddell, one of the daughters of the Very Reverend Henry Liddell, Dean of Christ Church, and the "Alice" of "Alice in Wonderland.
Leopold (and his older brother Alan) were educated at Summer Field's (1892), and at Eton. In the 1901 census he was living on Keats Lane with other Eton students in the House of Arthur Stringer, and went up to Christ Church later that year.
After matriculation he spent some time in Canada in business, returning to England at the outbreak of war.
Leopold joined up on 15 August 1914, and was gazetted Lieutenant in the 1st Battalion Irish Guards on 23 December. He was at the Front in France from November 1914 until the following November when he was invalided home.
Leopold returned to France in August 1916 and died of wounds received at the action at Les Boeufs on 25 September. He was captaining a company in the Irish Guards when they eventually took Lesboeufs on 25 September.
On 14 November 1916, he was awarded the Military Cross "For conspicuous gallantry in action. He set a fine example of coolness and courage at a somewhat critical period and, personally, took forward and established a covering party."
Buried at Guillemont Road Cemetery plot I C 4
Leopold (and his older brother Alan) were educated at Summer Field's (1892), and at Eton. In the 1901 census he was living on Keats Lane with other Eton students in the House of Arthur Stringer, and went up to Christ Church later that year.
After matriculation he spent some time in Canada in business, returning to England at the outbreak of war.
Leopold joined up on 15 August 1914, and was gazetted Lieutenant in the 1st Battalion Irish Guards on 23 December. He was at the Front in France from November 1914 until the following November when he was invalided home.
Leopold returned to France in August 1916 and died of wounds received at the action at Les Boeufs on 25 September. He was captaining a company in the Irish Guards when they eventually took Lesboeufs on 25 September.
On 14 November 1916, he was awarded the Military Cross "For conspicuous gallantry in action. He set a fine example of coolness and courage at a somewhat critical period and, personally, took forward and established a covering party."
Buried at Guillemont Road Cemetery plot I C 4
Leopold Reginald was born at Cuffnells, Lyndhurst, the middle son of Reginald Gervis Hargreaves who had inherited in 1872, the Cuffnells estate from his parents, and Alice Liddell, one of the daughters of the Very Reverend Henry Liddell, Dean of Christ Church, and the "Alice" of "Alice in Wonderland.
Leopold (and his older brother Alan) were educated at Summer Field's (1892), and at Eton. In the 1901 census he was living on Keats Lane with other Eton students in the House of Arthur Stringer, and went up to Christ Church later that year.
After matriculation he spent some time in Canada in business, returning to England at the outbreak of war.
Leopold joined up on 15 August 1914, and was gazetted Lieutenant in the 1st Battalion Irish Guards on 23 December. He was at the Front in France from November 1914 until the following November when he was invalided home.
Leopold returned to France in August 1916 and died of wounds received at the action at Les Boeufs on 25 September. He was captaining a company in the Irish Guards when they eventually took Lesboeufs on 25 September.
On 14 November 1916, he was awarded the Military Cross "For conspicuous gallantry in action. He set a fine example of coolness and courage at a somewhat critical period and, personally, took forward and established a covering party."
Buried at Guillemont Road Cemetery plot I C 4
Leopold (and his older brother Alan) were educated at Summer Field's (1892), and at Eton. In the 1901 census he was living on Keats Lane with other Eton students in the House of Arthur Stringer, and went up to Christ Church later that year.
After matriculation he spent some time in Canada in business, returning to England at the outbreak of war.
Leopold joined up on 15 August 1914, and was gazetted Lieutenant in the 1st Battalion Irish Guards on 23 December. He was at the Front in France from November 1914 until the following November when he was invalided home.
Leopold returned to France in August 1916 and died of wounds received at the action at Les Boeufs on 25 September. He was captaining a company in the Irish Guards when they eventually took Lesboeufs on 25 September.
On 14 November 1916, he was awarded the Military Cross "For conspicuous gallantry in action. He set a fine example of coolness and courage at a somewhat critical period and, personally, took forward and established a covering party."
Buried at Guillemont Road Cemetery plot I C 4
Inscription
Captain L. R. Hargreaves, M.C. Irish Guards. 25th September 1916. Age 33.
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