THE FORGOTTEN FALLEN
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MUSGRAVE CAZENOVE WROUGHTON Second Lieutenant, 12th (Prince of Wales’s Royal) Lancers
Died from Wounds aged 23 30th October 1914
Buried in Kemmel Churchyard, Kemmel, Belgium |
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Musgrave Cazenove Wroughton was born in London on 1st October 1891, the only son of William Musgrave Wroughton, who had married Edith Constance Cazenove at St. Mary’s Parish Church in Hardwick on 24th June 1880. His sister Cecily was christened in the same church on 14th February 1886. His mother was the daughter of Henry Cazenove, of the banking family and at the time High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire, who lived at Lilies in Weedon. His grandmother was responsible for the provision of the Schoolroom in Weedon, together with its sanctuary, whereby the elderly residents of Weedon could enjoy their own services and not have to walk to Hardwick, in all weathers. The census of 1891 was taken in April and does not contain any knowledge of Musgrave but another sister, Dulce, is listed, born about 1888. The family were living at 30 Chester Square in Knightsbridge, London. In 1901, they are all still there complete with a German governess, Belgian butler, footman, cook and four domestic servants. Musgrave, who to his friends and colleagues was known as ‘Bob’, went to Harrow School and also Christchurch in Oxford. He served for four years in the Northamptonshire Yeomanry before being commissioned into the Lancers. Other reports mention service with the Household Cavalry and the Imperial Camel Corps. The 1911 census has no mention of him and presumably that was the time he was in South Africa with Baden Powell or elsewhere with his regiment. In December 1917, his mother applied for him to be given the 1914 Star, and she was sent the roll of Officers who were eligible. It is not known whether he was so honoured. ----- Taken from de Ruvigny’s Roll of Honour
WROUGHTON, MUSGRAVE CAZENOVE 2nd Lieut., 12th (Prince of Wales’s Royal) Lancers, only s. of William Musgrave Wroughton, of 77 Chester Square, London, S.W., and of Creaton Lodge, co. Northampton, by his wife, Edith Constance, dau. Of Henry Cazenove, of Lilies, Aylesbury, and nephew of Philip Wroughton, of Woolley Park, co. Berks, M.P., J.P., D.L (see The Plantagenet Roll, Mortimer-Percy, Vol.1, p.203); b. in London, 1 Oct. 1891. He was educ. at Harrow and at Christchurch, Oxford, and during his school and college vacations was a keen follower of the Pytchley Hounds, of which pack his father was master for many years. On leaving Harrow he received a commission in the Northamptonshire Yeomanry, and in 1912 he accompanied Sir Robert Baden-Powell as A.D.C. on his world tour in connection with the Boy Scouts’ movement. After serving for four years in the Northamptonshire Yeomanry, he was given a commission in the Special Reserve, 12th Lancers, as 2nd Lieut. (on probation) in Oct. 1913; the appointment was confirmed after his death, to date from 29 Oct. 1914. In Aug. 1914, he accompanied his regt. to the Front and was mentioned in Sir John French’s Despatch of 14 Jan. 1915, for gallant and distinguished service in the field. He was killed in action near Ypres, 30 Oct. 1914 and was buried in Kemmel Churchyard, Belgium; unm
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The village, or now rather a small town, of Kemmel lies about 8 kilometres to the south west of Ypres and there are many other Commonwealth War Cemeteries in and around. Musgrave, though, is buried in the churchyard of the village church, in one of about 21 graves, all dating from early in the war. The church has probably been restored since those times and is quite large for the size of the village, beautifully kept, regularly used and very interesting. The graveyard contains the remains of villagers going back quite some time and notably many of their tombs are very large and ornate. In one area within the graveyard, and overlooking the village, is an enclave of these war graves with Musgrave in the middle of the plot. Although well maintained, there was no evidence of recent visits. [Many crosses and flowers are regularly seen when visiting other graves]. |
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