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FINLAY, DAVID
UK, WWI & WWII, Commonwealth War Graves Commission Death Registers
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Full Name
FINLAY, DAVID
Date Of Birth
25 Jan 1893
Age
22
Birth Place
Guardbridge, Fife, Scotland
Nationality
British
Resided Place
Scotland
Date
9 May 1915
Date Of Death
21 Jan 1916
Fate
Killed in action
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Later Sergeant. Son of George Finlay and Susan Small; husband of Mrs F Finlay (later Mrs Wilson), of The Anchorage, St. Abb's, Coldingham, Berwickshire.
Rank Name
Lance Corporal
Service Number
1780
Gazette Info
VICTORIA CROSS,: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/29210/pages/6269. Lance-Corporal David Finlay, 2nd Battalion, The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders). On 9th May 1915 near Rue du Bois, France, Lance-Corporal Finlay led a bombing party of 12 men in the attack until 10 of them had fallen. He then ordered the two survivors to crawl back and he himself went to the assistance of a wounded man and carried him over a distance of 10 yards of fire-swept ground into cover, quite regardless of his own safety.
Gazette Date
1915
Gazette Page
6269 (V.C.); Issue: 29210 (V.C.)
Duty Location
Near Rue du Bois, France; France and Flanders
Died in Active Service
Yes
Service
British Army
Regiment
Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
Battalion
2nd Battalion
Place of Death
Persian Gulf
Conflict Period
World War I
Served For
United Kingdom
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Memorial Death Plaque Of WWI
award
British War Medals WW1
award
Victory Medal
award
Victoria Cross (VC)
unit
Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
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Publication Title
UK, WWI & WWII, Commonwealth War Graves Commission Death Registers
Content Source
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Last Updated
28 Oct 2023
Description
The registers are divided by the cemetery/memorial and list the names of the dead commemorated that are either interned or commemorated there.
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