Charles William Reginald Duncombe, the 2nd Earl of Feversham, was a member of the board of directors of the Yorkshire Insurance Company Ltd. He enlisted initially in the King’s Royal Rifle Corps and was serving as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Yorkshire Hussars Yeomanry commanding the 21st Battalion when he was killed in action at Flers. The company report and accounts record his death: "His great sacrifice, in the prime of manhood and with every promise of a brilliant future, for and in the service of his Country, gives him a very real place of honour in our hearts." He was 37.

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