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Lt. · 3 (King's Own) Hussars

Augustus Dilbéroglue

† 01/04/1918 · aged 24 · Hourges Orchard Cemetery, Domart-sur-la-Luce, against south-east wall; personal inscription: THE PRIDE IS GREATER THAN THE SORROW

Personal data

NameDilbéroglue
InitialsA.
Christian nameAugustus
Date and place of birthCairo; 13.01.1894
FamilySon of Platon and Julia Dilbéroglue, of The Lodge, 19, Southfields Road, Eastbourne.

Extra information

Information
Educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford

Military data

RankLt.
Regiment / Unit3 (King's Own) Hussars
Date of death
Age24
Cemetery / MemorialHourges Orchard Cemetery, Domart-sur-la-Luce, against south-east wall; personal inscription: THE PRIDE IS GREATER THAN THE SORROW

Other information

Information 1
Killed in action.
Information 2
Brother of Lt. Richard Nicholas, 1 Coldstream Guards, killed in action on 15 Sept. 1916
Information 3
The Brothers' House in Kennington (Toc H Mark XIII) was presented to Toc H by their mother.
Information 4
Talbot House holds The Room Plaque in memory of the two brothers, from The Brothers' House (Mark XIII), London.
Information 5
'The Richard Nicholas and Augustus Dilbéroglue Lamp' - Kennington Branch ("The Brothers' House"). Endowed on 06.11.1923. First lit on 15.12.1923 at The Guildhall, London, by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales. "In memory of Richard Nicholas Dilbéroglue, Lt., 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards. France, 15.9.1916; and of his brother Augustus Dilbéroglue, 2nd Lt., 3rd King's Own Hussars, France, 1.4.1918." (Donated by their mother)

Media

Sources

Source
Liber Vitae 1923
Source 2
Liber Vitae 1928