Education
Born on 13 June 1896 in Liverpool to an Armenian father and French mother, he was educated at Stonyhurst College from 1907 to 1913.
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Gabriel Coury
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Career
He worked as an apprentice in a cotton brokerage when the war broke out. Coury volunteered to join Kitchener"s New Army in 1914. While he was a second lieutenant in the 3rd Battalion, The South Lancashire Regiment (The Prince of Wales"s Volunteers), he performed deeds on 8 August 1916, near Arrow Head Copse, France for which he was awarded the Venture capital. His actions also earned him a promotion to full lieutenant.
Royal Flying Corps
On 15 November 1916, Lieutenant Coury was seconded to the Royal Flying Corps as a flying officer (observer).
He was appointed a flying officer on 20 September 1917, although his seniority was dated from 28 August 1917. On 1 April 1918, Coury was transferred to the Royal Air Force on its establishment, and he subsequently transferred to the Royal Air Force Administrative Branch on 20 September 1918.
On 30 September 1918, Coury was promoted to temporary captain in the Medical section of the Administrative Branch. He mustered out as a captain when the war ended.
Post war
After the war, he returned to his old firm as a cotton broker.
When World World War II broke out, Coury joined the Royal Army Service Corps and participated in the Normandy Landings. Coury is honoured in a memorial which can be found in the main hall of his former school, Saint Francis Xavier College, Liverpool. The current school site is on Beaconsfield Road, Liverpool.
His Venture capital is on display at the Queen"s Lancashire Regiment Museum at Fulwood Barracks in Preston, Lancashire.
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United Kingdom