Cemetery: Carnoy Military Cemetery
Country: France
Area: Somme
Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
Force: Army
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Unit: Royal Irish Rifles Commanding (which he raised and trained). 6th Bn. Royal Irish Regiment.
Country of Service: British
Details: Killed in action in the second battle of the Somme at Ginchy 9th September 1916. Age 57. Mentioned for D.S.O. in Sir Douglas Haig's Despatch of 13th Nov. 1916. Son of the late Col. The Hon. E. G. Curzon (52nd Oxfordshire L.I.) and Hon. Mrs. E. G. Curzon. Born at Gopsall Hall Atherstone. R. 34.
Photograph by Martin Harvey