What is Francis Octavius Grenfell?
{{Infobox Military Person |name = Francis Octavius Grenfell |image = Grenfell VC by Richard Caton woodville.jpg |image_size = 300px |caption = Francis Grenfell at Audregnies, Belgium, 24 August 1914 |born = 4 September 1880 |died = 24 May 1915 (aged 34) |placeofbirth = [[Surrey, England|Surrey]], [[England]] |placeofdeath = Hooge, [[Belgium]] |placeofburial = [[Hooge Crater Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery]] |nickname = |allegiance = {{UK}} |serviceyears = 1900-1915{{KIA}} |rank = Captain |branch = [[Image:Flag of the British Army.svg|23px]] [[British Army]] |commands = |unit = [[King's Royal Rifle Corps]]<br/>[[9th Lancers]] |battles = [[Second Boer War]]<br/>[[World War I]] |awards = [[Victoria Cross]] |relations = Field Marshal [[Francis Grenfell, 1st Baron Grenfell]] (uncle)<br>[[Julian Grenfell]] (cousin)<br>Admiral [[John Pascoe Grenfell]] (grandfather) }} '''Francis Octavius Grenfell''', [[Victoria Cross|VC]] (4 September 1880 - 24 May 1915) was an [[English people|English]] soldier of [[British Army]]. He received the [[Victoria Cross]]. The cross is the highest award for bravery against the enemy, and can be awarded to [[United Kingdom|British]] and [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] forces. ==Family== Grenfell was born on 4 September 1880. His parents were Sophia and [[Pascoe Du Pré Grenfell]]. He was one of fifteen children. He had a twin brother, [[Riversdale Grenfell]]. He was also in the 9th Lancers and [[killed in action]] in September 1914. Admiral [[John Pascoe Grenfell]] was their grandfather. Field Marshal [[Francis Grenfell, 1st Baron Grenfell]] was their uncle. An older brother, Lieutenant [[Robert Septimus Grenfell]], [[21st Lancers]], was killed in a [[cavalry]] charge during the [[Battle of Omdurman]] in 1898. Three other brothers, [[Cecil Grenfell]], [[Howard Maxwell Grenfell]] and [[Arthur Morton Grenfell]] all reached the rank of [[Lieutenant Colonel]] in the [[British Army]]. A cousin, Lieutenant Claude George Grenfell was killed at [[Battle of Spion Kop|Spion Kop]]