The 10th earl's memorial tablet (top) in St Mary Magdalene church, Croome
George William Reginald Victor Coventry, 10th Earl of Coventry (10 September 1900 - 27 May 1940)[1] was the son of George William Coventry, Viscount Deerhurst, and Virginia Daniel.[2] As his father predeceased his grandfather, 10th earl was his grandfather's heir to the earldom. George Coventry inherited both the earldom and the viscountcy on 13 March 1930.[1]
Military service[]
Coventry was a Lieutenant in the 7th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment, which was part of the original Expeditionary Force sent to France in September 1939.[3] His regiment was subsequently evacuated during the retreat from Dunkirk; Coventry was killed in action on 27 May 1940 at La Bassée, during the Battle of Dunkirk which preceded it. He is buried in the communal cemetery at Givenchy-lès-la-Bassée.[4]
Family[]
He married the Honourable Nesta Donne Philipps in September 1921; they had four children.[1] His youngest child, also named George William Coventry and subsequently 11th Earl of Coventry was born at Croome Court on 25 January 1934.[5] The 10th earl's daughters were Anne Donne, Joan Blanche, and Maria Alice Coventry.[2]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Hammond, P.W., ed., The Complete Peerage or a History of the House of Lords and All its Members From the Earliest Times, Vol. XIV (Stroud, 1998), 212.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Person Page". http://www.thepeerage.com/p6240.htm.
- ↑ "Worcestershire Regiment - Famous Units - Research - National Army Museum, London". http://www.nam.ac.uk/research/famous-units/worcestershire-regiment.
- ↑ "Lieut. Earl George William Reginal Victor COVENTRY (7903) - Worcestershire Regiment". http://www.worcestershireregiment.com/wr.php?main=inc/grave_coventry_7903.
- ↑ "The Earl of Coventry". https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1397876/The-Earl-of-Coventry.html.
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