GRENFELL, JULIAN HENRY FRANCIS (1888 1915), British soldier and poet, was born in London on March 3o, 1888. In 1910 he joined the 1st (Royal) Dragoons and in 19u was transferred to S. Africa with his regiment. He fought with great courage and distinction in the World War, and died in hospital in Boulogne of a head wound, on May 13, 1915.
Except for his poem "Into Battle," which appeared in the Times on the day of the announcement of his death, and which is con sidered to rank among the finest modern war poems, his poetry is the embodiment of a zest for life and a love of nature. His poems include "To a Black Greyhound," "Hymn to the Fighting Boar," and "The Hills," reprinted in several anthologies.