Basic Details
Surname
Heathcoat-Amory
Forenames
Edgar Fitzgerald
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Notes
His biography on the college website (see references) states: ‘Edgar was the youngest of the three sons of Ludovic Heathcoat-Amory who died of wounds in 1918, and his wife Mary Stuart Bannatyne. He was born at Chevithorne Barton, Tiverton on August 30th 1917. Like his brothers, he was educated at the Malthouse School, Langton Matravers and Eton. He Matriculated in 1936 and followed his father and eldest brother to Christ Church. He married Sonia Myrtle Denison on September 7th 1940. They had a son and a daughter.
At the outbreak of war, he joined the Royal Artillery in which his father had served, and was a Major with the 126th Field Regiment when he was killed in Normandy on June 23rd 1944. He is buried in Ranville War Cemetery Plot III. B. 14. He is commemorated on the Malthouse School Memorial and in St. Georges Parish Church, Langton Matravers and in the Royal Memorial Chapel, Sandhurst.
One of his brothers, Patrick, is also commemorated on this memorial.'
Primary Service
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Town of death
Normandy
Country of burial
France
Town of burial
Ranville
Cemetery
War Cemetery
Year of death
1944
Month of death
June
Day of death
23
Age at death
26
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action