Harold Ernest Brassey

Lieutenant Colonel Harold Ernest Brassey (29 March 1877 – 15 July 1916) was a polo champion who was killed in World War I.

[1][2][3] Brassey was the third of five sons (there being also seven daughters) of politician Henry Arthur Brassey (1840–1891), J.P., D.L., of Preston Hall, Aylesford, Kent.

An elder brother, Conservative politician Henry Brassey, was created a baronet in 1922, and Baron Brassey of Apethorpe in 1938.

[1] He was killed during the Battle of Bazentin Ridge during the Battle of the Somme whilst serving with the Royal Horse Guards (attd.

He is buried at Bouzincourt Communal Cemetery Extension.