Rank: Major
Service Number: 75377
Regiment: Royal Artillery 126 Field Regt.
Died: 23 June 1944
Age: 26 years old
Born at Chevithorne Barton, Tiverton on August 30th 1917, Edgar, known as "Gerald", was the youngest son of Major Ludovic Heathcoat-Amory, R.A., and Mary Stuart Heathcoat-Amory (née Bannatyne). They had married on the 12th July 1911 in St. Thomas, Devon. Edgar had two brothers Patrick Gerald and Michael Ludovic. The boys were all educated at Malthouse School, Langton Matravers before all went on to Eton College.
A few days before his first birthday, Edgar's father died on the Somme, on the 25th August 1918, of wounds he had received in action in WW1. He was buried in Daours Communal Cemetery Extension in France.
In 1936, Edgar matriculated to Christ Church College, Oxford as his father and eldest brother had done before him. Coming from the Oxford University Contingent (Senior Division) O.T.C. he was given an appointment in May 1938 as a Second Lieutenant Officer Cadet in the 96th Royal Devon Yeomanry Field Brigade R.A. T.A. His brother Patrick was already commissioned in the Brigade.
On the 7th September 1940, at St. George's Church, Hanover Square, London, he married Sonia Myrtle Denison. The following year in October 1941, they had a son Michael. A daughter Amanda Mary was born in December 1944, six months after her father's death.
In the Second World War Edgar served in the Royal Artillery. This was the Regiment his father had served in. He was a Major with the 126th Field Regiment when he was killed on the morning of June 23rd 1944, in the village of St Honorine la Chardronette. As Forward Observation Officer he had gone out with Major Clement Hill of the Cameron Highlanders. He was just inside the gates of the chateau there when he was killed by a mortar explosion. Edgar was subsequently buried in Ranville War Cemetery.
In WW2, Edgar's older brother Captain Patrick Gerald Heathcoat Amory also serving in the Royal Artillery was killed in Libya in 1942. Listed as missing, he is commemorated on the Alamein Memorial.
His other brother Michael died in a plane crash in 1936. His mother died on the 23rd July 1977 at the age of 96, and was buried in Chevithorne, Devon.
Edgar is commemorated in the following locations:
On the Malthouse School Memorial, in St. Georges Parish Church, Langton Matravers, in the Royal Memorial Chapel, Sandhurst, at Christ Church College, Oxford, on the British Normandy War Memorial: Column 84, and on the roadside War Memorial at Chevithorne in Devon.
In April 1947 his widow Sonia married Edgar's cousin Lieutenant Colonel Roderick Heathcoat-Amory MC. Sonia died in 2000.
(Sources: CWGC, Find My Past, Ancestry, the Peerage, Christ Church, Oxford Roll of Honour, IWM. National Archives)
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Service Number: 75377
Regiment: Royal Artillery 126 Field Regt.
Died: 23 June 1944
Age: 26 years old
Born at Chevithorne Barton, Tiverton on August 30th 1917, Edgar, known as "Gerald", was the youngest son of Major Ludovic Heathcoat-Amory, R.A., and Mary Stuart Heathcoat-Amory (née Bannatyne). They had married on the 12th July 1911 in St. Thomas, Devon. Edgar had two brothers Patrick Gerald and Michael Ludovic. The boys were all educated at Malthouse School, Langton Matravers before all went on to Eton College.
A few days before his first birthday, Edgar's father died on the Somme, on the 25th August 1918, of wounds he had received in action in WW1. He was buried in Daours Communal Cemetery Extension in France.
In 1936, Edgar matriculated to Christ Church College, Oxford as his father and eldest brother had done before him. Coming from the Oxford University Contingent (Senior Division) O.T.C. he was given an appointment in May 1938 as a Second Lieutenant Officer Cadet in the 96th Royal Devon Yeomanry Field Brigade R.A. T.A. His brother Patrick was already commissioned in the Brigade.
On the 7th September 1940, at St. George's Church, Hanover Square, London, he married Sonia Myrtle Denison. The following year in October 1941, they had a son Michael. A daughter Amanda Mary was born in December 1944, six months after her father's death.
In the Second World War Edgar served in the Royal Artillery. This was the Regiment his father had served in. He was a Major with the 126th Field Regiment when he was killed on the morning of June 23rd 1944, in the village of St Honorine la Chardronette. As Forward Observation Officer he had gone out with Major Clement Hill of the Cameron Highlanders. He was just inside the gates of the chateau there when he was killed by a mortar explosion. Edgar was subsequently buried in Ranville War Cemetery.
In WW2, Edgar's older brother Captain Patrick Gerald Heathcoat Amory also serving in the Royal Artillery was killed in Libya in 1942. Listed as missing, he is commemorated on the Alamein Memorial.
His other brother Michael died in a plane crash in 1936. His mother died on the 23rd July 1977 at the age of 96, and was buried in Chevithorne, Devon.
Edgar is commemorated in the following locations:
On the Malthouse School Memorial, in St. Georges Parish Church, Langton Matravers, in the Royal Memorial Chapel, Sandhurst, at Christ Church College, Oxford, on the British Normandy War Memorial: Column 84, and on the roadside War Memorial at Chevithorne in Devon.
In April 1947 his widow Sonia married Edgar's cousin Lieutenant Colonel Roderick Heathcoat-Amory MC. Sonia died in 2000.
(Sources: CWGC, Find My Past, Ancestry, the Peerage, Christ Church, Oxford Roll of Honour, IWM. National Archives)
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Rank: Major
Service Number: 75377
Regiment: Royal Artillery 126 Field Regt.
Died: 23 June 1944
Age: 26 years old
Born at Chevithorne Barton, Tiverton on August 30th 1917, Edgar, known as "Gerald", was the youngest son of Major Ludovic Heathcoat-Amory, R.A., and Mary Stuart Heathcoat-Amory (née Bannatyne). They had married on the 12th July 1911 in St. Thomas, Devon. Edgar had two brothers Patrick Gerald and Michael Ludovic. The boys were all educated at Malthouse School, Langton Matravers before all went on to Eton College.
A few days before his first birthday, Edgar's father died on the Somme, on the 25th August 1918, of wounds he had received in action in WW1. He was buried in Daours Communal Cemetery Extension in France.
In 1936, Edgar matriculated to Christ Church College, Oxford as his father and eldest brother had done before him. Coming from the Oxford University Contingent (Senior Division) O.T.C. he was given an appointment in May 1938 as a Second Lieutenant Officer Cadet in the 96th Royal Devon Yeomanry Field Brigade R.A. T.A. His brother Patrick was already commissioned in the Brigade.
On the 7th September 1940, at St. George's Church, Hanover Square, London, he married Sonia Myrtle Denison. The following year in October 1941, they had a son Michael. A daughter Amanda Mary was born in December 1944, six months after her father's death.
In the Second World War Edgar served in the Royal Artillery. This was the Regiment his father had served in. He was a Major with the 126th Field Regiment when he was killed on the morning of June 23rd 1944, in the village of St Honorine la Chardronette. As Forward Observation Officer he had gone out with Major Clement Hill of the Cameron Highlanders. He was just inside the gates of the chateau there when he was killed by a mortar explosion. Edgar was subsequently buried in Ranville War Cemetery.
In WW2, Edgar's older brother Captain Patrick Gerald Heathcoat Amory also serving in the Royal Artillery was killed in Libya in 1942. Listed as missing, he is commemorated on the Alamein Memorial.
His other brother Michael died in a plane crash in 1936. His mother died on the 23rd July 1977 at the age of 96, and was buried in Chevithorne, Devon.
Edgar is commemorated in the following locations:
On the Malthouse School Memorial, in St. Georges Parish Church, Langton Matravers, in the Royal Memorial Chapel, Sandhurst, at Christ Church College, Oxford, on the British Normandy War Memorial: Column 84, and on the roadside War Memorial at Chevithorne in Devon.
In April 1947 his widow Sonia married Edgar's cousin Lieutenant Colonel Roderick Heathcoat-Amory MC. Sonia died in 2000.
(Sources: CWGC, Find My Past, Ancestry, the Peerage, Christ Church, Oxford Roll of Honour, IWM. National Archives)
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Service Number: 75377
Regiment: Royal Artillery 126 Field Regt.
Died: 23 June 1944
Age: 26 years old
Born at Chevithorne Barton, Tiverton on August 30th 1917, Edgar, known as "Gerald", was the youngest son of Major Ludovic Heathcoat-Amory, R.A., and Mary Stuart Heathcoat-Amory (née Bannatyne). They had married on the 12th July 1911 in St. Thomas, Devon. Edgar had two brothers Patrick Gerald and Michael Ludovic. The boys were all educated at Malthouse School, Langton Matravers before all went on to Eton College.
A few days before his first birthday, Edgar's father died on the Somme, on the 25th August 1918, of wounds he had received in action in WW1. He was buried in Daours Communal Cemetery Extension in France.
In 1936, Edgar matriculated to Christ Church College, Oxford as his father and eldest brother had done before him. Coming from the Oxford University Contingent (Senior Division) O.T.C. he was given an appointment in May 1938 as a Second Lieutenant Officer Cadet in the 96th Royal Devon Yeomanry Field Brigade R.A. T.A. His brother Patrick was already commissioned in the Brigade.
On the 7th September 1940, at St. George's Church, Hanover Square, London, he married Sonia Myrtle Denison. The following year in October 1941, they had a son Michael. A daughter Amanda Mary was born in December 1944, six months after her father's death.
In the Second World War Edgar served in the Royal Artillery. This was the Regiment his father had served in. He was a Major with the 126th Field Regiment when he was killed on the morning of June 23rd 1944, in the village of St Honorine la Chardronette. As Forward Observation Officer he had gone out with Major Clement Hill of the Cameron Highlanders. He was just inside the gates of the chateau there when he was killed by a mortar explosion. Edgar was subsequently buried in Ranville War Cemetery.
In WW2, Edgar's older brother Captain Patrick Gerald Heathcoat Amory also serving in the Royal Artillery was killed in Libya in 1942. Listed as missing, he is commemorated on the Alamein Memorial.
His other brother Michael died in a plane crash in 1936. His mother died on the 23rd July 1977 at the age of 96, and was buried in Chevithorne, Devon.
Edgar is commemorated in the following locations:
On the Malthouse School Memorial, in St. Georges Parish Church, Langton Matravers, in the Royal Memorial Chapel, Sandhurst, at Christ Church College, Oxford, on the British Normandy War Memorial: Column 84, and on the roadside War Memorial at Chevithorne in Devon.
In April 1947 his widow Sonia married Edgar's cousin Lieutenant Colonel Roderick Heathcoat-Amory MC. Sonia died in 2000.
(Sources: CWGC, Find My Past, Ancestry, the Peerage, Christ Church, Oxford Roll of Honour, IWM. National Archives)
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