Coventry Thomas Pte 4458513
From 70 Brigade
Personnel Entry
Name Coventry Thomas
Army number 4458513
Rank Pte
Decorations
Date of birth Born Liverpool 1918/19.
Age 24
Unit Joined The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, but probably late 1939. Posted 11th Bn DLI. Served BEF? Served Iceland? DIED 27/10/1943 - accidentally shot by a Bren Gun during a Combined Operations training exercise at Strone Point.
Company/Battery
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade
Promotions
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action 27-Oct-1943
Home address Resident of Liverpool. Son of Samuel and Emily Coventry, husband of Gertrude (nee Howard) Coventry, Liverpool. Buried Sec. L. Grave 2093. Rothesay Cemetery.
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