Gabriel George Coury

Second Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment * attached to the 1st/4th Battalion

Register No.: 264 (Alf's numbering, from The Register of the Victoria Cross, 1997)
Rank: Second Lieutenant all Second Lieutenants →
Unit: 3rd Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment * attached to the 1st/4th Battalion (register: Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment)) all Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment) VCs →
Date of action: 8 August 1916 on this day → all of 1916 →
Conflict / campaign: First World War
London Gazette: 26th October, 1916 on this day → all of 1916 →
Born: 13th June, 1896 at Liverpool, Lancashire
Died: 23rd February, 1956 at Liverpool, Lancashire
Memorial / grave: at burial ground at Church of St Peter and St Paul, Crosby, Liverpool

Digest of citation

Born 8th August, 1916 near Arrow Head Copse, France, Second Lieutenant Coury was in command of two platoons ordered to dig a communication trench. By his fine example and utter contempt of danger he kept up the spirits of his men and completed his task under intense fire. Later when his battalion had suffered severe casualties and the commanding officer had been wounded he went out in broad daylight in full view of the enemy, found his commanding officer and brought him back to the new advanced trench over ground swept by machine-gun fire

From Alf Askin's research notes

Reproduced as Alf wrote it, c. 2000–2005. Spelling and abbreviations are his own.

COURY, Gabriel George. (reg No. 264).

Second Lieutenant. 3rd Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment * attached to the 1st/4th Battalion.

London Gazetted on 26th October, 1916.

Born on 13th June, 1896 at Liverpool, Lancashire.

Died on 23rd February, 1956 at Liverpool, Lancashire.

Memorial on grave at burial ground at Church of St Peter and St Paul, Crosby, Liverpool..

Digest of Citation reads:

Born 8th August, 1916 near Arrow Head Copse, France, Second Lieutenant Coury was in command of two platoons ordered to dig a communication trench. By his fine example and utter contempt of danger he kept up the spirits of his men and completed his task under intense fire. Later when his battalion had suffered severe casualties and the commanding officer had been wounded he went out in broad daylight in full view of the enemy, found his commanding officer and brought him back to the new advanced trench over ground swept by machine-gun fire.

* Prince of Wales Volunteers.

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