7903 George William Reginald Victor COVENTRY, 7 Worcestershire Regiment: 27/05/1940

Personal Number: 7903
Rank: Lieutenant
Name: George William Reginald Victor COVENTRY, 10th Earl of COVENTRY
Unit: 7 Worcestershire Regiment


London Gazette :

 

Casualty Details | CWGC
LIEUTENANT GEORGE WILLIAM REGINALD VICTOR COVENTRY
Service Number: 7903
Regiment & Unit: Worcestershire Regiment, 7th Bn.
Date of Death: Died 27 May 1940
Age 39 years old
Buried or commemorated at
GIVENCHY-LES-LA-BASSEE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Grave Reference: Row A. Grave 2.
Location: France
Additional Info: 10th Earl of Coventry. Son of George William Coventry, Viscount Deerhurst, and the Viscountess Deerhurst; husband of Nesta Donne, Countess of Coventry, of Llanstephan, Carmarthenshire.

 

See also:

• Person Page
• George Coventry, 10th Earl of Coventry - Wikipedia
• Lieut. Earl George William Reginal Victor COVENTRY (7903) - Worcestershire Regiment

His brother:

• 103984 The Honourable John Bonynge COVENTRY, Grenadier Guards

 

Another photo of him on here.
(I know you already linked to this site)
Worcestershire Regiment (29th/36th of Foot)


Lieut. The Earl of Coventry and Captain D. B. Dykes
(Earl of Coventry was killed only 2 weeks later on the 27th May 1940, age 39)

 

Western Mail 19th September 1921

 

He was killed in the town where he's buried defending it with 70 men from D Company.

 

Croome, Worcestershire




Croome | National Trust