the Grenfell brothers were accomplished polo players. Francis and his brother, Riversdale Grenfell, were regarded as the best in the family. Francis was rated at an 8-goal handicap. The twin brothers were on the Ranelagh team that won the American Open and on the team Freebooters, alongside Leopold Christian Duncan Jenner and the Duke of Roxburghe, that won the Hurlingham Champion Cup. References Further reading Monuments to Courage (David Harvey, 1999) The Register of the Victoria Cross (This England, 1997) VCs of the First World War - 1914 (Gerald Gliddon, 1994) External links - (biography) Coomb, Arthur Grenfell. "Grenfell Family History". Retrieved 2014-01-01. 1880 births 1915 deaths People educated at Eton College British Army personnel of the Second Boer War King's Royal Rifle Corps officers 9th Queen's Royal Lancers officers British Army personnel of World War I British World War I recipients of the Victoria Cross British military personnel killed in World War I People from Surrey British people of Cornish descent Francis Octavus British Army recipients of the Victoria Cross English polo players Military personnel from Surrey