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Lord Edward Hay
British soldier, commanding officer of the Grenadier Guards / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other people with the same name, see Edward Hay.
Lord Edward Douglas John Hay DL (2 November 1888 – 18 June 1944) was a British soldier, at the time of his death commanding officer of the Grenadier Guards.
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Hay saw active service in the First World War, after which he was posted on diplomatic missions. He was killed by a German V-1 flying bomb.