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James Melville Coventry

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L/Cpl James Coventry

Military Information

  • Date of enlistment: 11.06.1915
  • Place of enlistment: Niagara Camp, Ontario.
  • Service no: 407068
  • Rank: Lance Corporal
  • Service Occupation:
  • Awards:
  • Regiment/Service: Canadian Infantry
  • Unit/Ship: 1st Battalion
  • Place of Death: France
  • Age at Death: 22
  • Date of Death: 22.02.1917
  • Burial Country: France
  • Cemetery: Hersin Communal Cemetery
  • Grave/Mem Ref no: I.G.17.

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth: 09.10.1894
  • Place of Birth: Mains of Gray, by Dundee
  • Address:
  • Occupation: Farmer
  • Mother:

    Elizabeth Coventry, Newmiln, Guildtown, Perth

  • Father:

    Andrew Coventry, Newmiln, Guildtown, Perth

  • Siblings:

    Andrew, Maggie Robb, Susan Leighton, & Margaret

  • Spouse:
  • Children:

More about James Melville Coventry

James was killed during an artillery bombardment on the trenches in the Souchez area. He had a brother who also served he was Pte Andrew Coventry 27465, 15th Battalion, Canadian Infantry. James listed his next of kin as Mrs Mary McDonald, Woodford, Ontario, when he enlisted. His parents were listed as residing at Cransley Farm, Invergowrie when he enlisted.

For more information on James, visit, James Memorial also James Service Record and Circumstances of Death Register

There is also a reference to James in the Dundee Peoples Journal 31/03/1917 page 8, and available in Dundee Central Library

For reasons unknown James Coventry is not included on the original Dundee City Roll of Honour

Information researched and supplied by Gary Thomson

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