The aristocracy, as the traditional guardian of the nation, is reflected in this officer of Lancers, 2nd Lieutenant The Honourable Charles William Cavendish. See below taken fom the online source, The Peerage with some grammatical changes.
'Lt. Hon. Charles William Hugh Cavendish was born on 13 September 1878 at Clivedon, Maidenhead, Berkshire, England. He was the son of Major General Charles Compton William Cavendish, 3rd Baron Chesham and Lady Beatrice Constance Grosvenor daughter of the 1st Duke of Westminister. He died on 11 June 1900 at age 21 at Diamond Hill, Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa, killed in action with his squadron. He was educated at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England and later at Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Berkshire, England. 2nd Lieutenant in the service of the 17th Lancers. He fought in the Boer War.'
His father,who commmanded the Imperial Yeomanry at the the time, was a mere 50 miles away when he heard of his son's death. He erected a tablet; "This tablet marked the grave of Charles Cavendish 17th Lancers on the battlefield of Diamond Hill South Africa. It was placed there by his father AD 1900 and brought home by him when replaced by the cross erected there by the officers of the 17th Lancers AD 1901."
Later a stainglass memorial was erected at Northampton Cathedral in his memory:
To the Glory of God and in memory of Brave Men, inhabitants of this County and neighbourhood, who gave their lives for their Sovereign and Country during the War in South Africa 1899-1902, the Western Window of this Cathedral was filled with stained glass, AD 1903... 17th (Duke of Cambridge's Own) Lancers, 2nd Lieut. The Hon. C.W.H. Cavendish 
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