RHODESIA Coventry, Edgar Walter Dudley

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Coventry ​

• FORENAME

Edgar Walter Dudley ​

• UNIT

SAS ​

• RANK

Major ​

• NUMBER

780422​

• AWARD

Member of the Order of the Legion of Merit ​

• PLACE

Rhodesia ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 26.3.1915 India​

educated Bryanston​

Royal Norfolk Regiment 1937​

commissioned East Lancashire Regiment 1938​

5 Commando 1942​

Special Raiding Forces Middle East​

45 R.M. Commando 1944-45​

East Lancashire Regiment 1946​

Parachute Regiment​

Independent Parachute Squadron + C Squadron 22 SAS (Malaya)​

Rhodesian Light Infantry 1960​

C Squadron Rhodesian SAS (C.O.) 1963​

Rhodesian Central Intelligence Organisation 1970​

WIA several times in Rhodesia​

Zimbabwe SAS (Lt Col)​

twice married​

died 6.9.1993 Harare, Zimbabwe ​

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