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Picture No 10726248
Date 1914
Description Sketch cover - Duke of Westminster, hero of a VC action
Details

Front cover of The Sketch magazine featuring, Major Hugh Arthur Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster (1879 - 1953), known as Bendor (or Bend'Or, after his father's winning racehorse). Pictured at the time he had helped rescue Captain Francis Grenfell during the latter's VC action at the charge of the 9th Lancers at Elouge.
Source Front cover of The Sketch featuring photograph by Speaight, 2 September 1914
Credit © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
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