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David Coventry

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David's Pension Record image courtesy of WFA

Military Information

  • Date of enlistment: March 1917
  • Place of enlistment: Dundee
  • Service no: 16814
  • Rank: Guardsman
  • Service Occupation:
  • Awards:
  • Regiment/Service: Scots Guards
  • Unit/Ship: 2nd Battalion
  • Place of Death: France
  • Age at Death: 26
  • Date of Death: 03.08.1918
  • Burial Country: France
  • Cemetery: Gezaincourt Communal Cemetery Extension
  • Grave/Mem Ref no: II.O.13.

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth:
  • Place of Birth: Edinburgh
  • Address:
  • Occupation: Clerk, North British Railway, Dundee
  • Mother:

    Mary Gardiner Coventry, 8 Bellfield Ave, Dundee

  • Father:

    William Coventry, 8 Bellfield Ave, Dundee

  • Siblings:
  • Spouse:
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More about David Coventry

For reasons unknown this man is not listed on the original Dundee Roll of Honour.

David Coventry   16814   Scots Guards

Pte. David Coventry, Scots Guards, son of Mr Wm. Coventry, District Inspector, N.B.R., and Mrs Coventry, 7 Bellfield Ave, died from wounds.  He was 26 years of age, and enlisted in March, 1917, having been six months in France.  He was employed as a clerk with the N.B.R. Company.

Dundee People’s Journal 10th August 1918

Information supplied by Gary Thomson, additional information kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell

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