Woolwich and Sandhurst Athletics Medallion, 51mm., silver, reverse inscribed, ‘Cricket, Hon. C. W. Cavandish, Captain, 1898’, in E. Tyler, London case of issue, nearly extremely fine £60-80

Hon. Charles William Hugh Cavandish was born on 13.9.1878, the eldest son of Charles Compton William Cavandish, 3rd Baron Chesham, K.C.B., P.C. and Lady Beatrice Constance Grosvenor, 2nd daughter of the 1st Duke of Westminster. Educated at Eton, he entered the Royal Military College and was Captain of Cricket, 1898. In August that year he was commissioned as 2nd Lieutenant in the 17th (Duke of Cambridge’s Own) Lancers. He served in the Boer War with his regiment and was killed in action at Diamond Hill on 11.6.1900. His death is mentioned in The Times History of the War in South Africa, Vol.IV and his name is commemorated in Eton College Chapel.