Name
George Edgar Coward
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
13/10/1915
26
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Sergeant
10547
Royal Berkshire Regiment
5th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 /15 Star, British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
DUD CORNER CEMETERY, LOOS
Plot IX, Row D, Grave 7.
France
UK & Other Memorials
Watford Borough Roll of Honour,
Binfield War Memorial, Berkshire
Pre War
Son of James and Susannah Maria (nee YOUNG) COWARD.
His parents married 1885 in the Tonbridge, Kent, district. James died 1904 in the Southampton, Hants, district aged 60; Susannah died 1948 in the Eton, Bucks, district aged 92.
George was born 1889 in the Holborn, London, district, and resided in Binfield, Berks.
On the 1891 Census, aged 1 he lived in Watford, with his parents and four siblings. On the 1901 Census, aged 11 he lived in Prittlewell, Essex, with his father and three siblings. On the 1911 Census, a Private in the 1st Loyal North Lancashire Regiment aged 21, he was stationed at Bhurtpore Barracks, South Tidworth, Hants.
Wartime Service
He re-enlisted in Reading, Berks; was entitled to the Victory, British War and 1914-15 Star medals, his qualifying date being 30 May 1915; and was killed in action.
Additional Information
Unfortunately, George’s W.W.1 Service Record appears to be one that did not survive the World War Two bombing.
Acknowledgments
Sue Carter (Research) and Watford Museum (ROH on line via www.ourwatfordhistory.org.uk)
