Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History Bookualify as a Torpedo Lieut. in H.M.S. Vernon, and on obtaining this qualification he was appointed to the Bulwark, 13 Aug 1913, and was killed when that ship was blown up off Sheerness, 26 Nov. 1914; _unm._ [Illustration: =Edward Terence D. Finch.=] =FINCH, LEONARD EDWARD=, Quarter-master-Sergt., No. 3793, 9th Lancers, _s._ of the late Alfred John Finch, of Brockley, Kent; _b._ St. John's, co. Kent, 27 June, 1874; educ. there; enlisted 2 March, 1895; served through the South African War, 1899-1902 (Queen's medal with five clasps and King's medal), and with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, Aug.-Sept. 1914, and died at the Military Hospital, Colchester, 17 Oct. 1914, of wounds received in action in France, 29 Sept. 1914. He _m._ at St. Thomas' Cathedral, Bombay, 1 Oct. 1904, his cousin Ethel (3, Norham Villas, Hillingdon Heath, near Uxbridge, Middlesex), dau. of James Finch, of Greenwich, and had two sons and a dau.: Kenneth Leonard, _b._ 12 April, 1908; Edwin George, _b._ 3 Aug. 1909; and Eileen Margaret, _b._ 15 April, 1906. Quartermaster-Sergt. Finch had the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal. [Illustration: =Leonard E. Finch.=] =FINCH, SYDNEY GEORGE=, Stoker P.O. (R.F.R., B. 4716), 280524, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =FINDLAY, GEORGE HALLIDAY=, W.T. Operator, 2nd Class, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =FINDLAY, NEIL DOUGLAS=, C.B., Brig.-Gen., Commanding Royal Artillery, 1st Division, Expeditionary Force, 2nd _s._ of Thomas Dunlop Findlay, of Easterhill, co. Lanark; _b._ Easterhill, co. Lanark, 7 May, 1859; entered Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, 19 Jan. 1877; gazetted Lieut., 18 Dec. 1878, and promoted Capt., 28 April, 1887; Major, 21 Dec. 1896; Brevet Lieut.-Col., 29 Nov. 1900; Lieut.-Col., 1 Sept. 1904; Brevet Col., 15 Oct. 1905; Col., 2 March, 1908; and Temp. Brig.-Gen., 14 July, 1910; and was Adjutant R.A., 1 March, 1894, to 14 Jan. 1896. He served with the Hazara Expedition in 1888, being mentioned in the despatches, and receiving the Medal and Clasp; and in the South African War, 1899-1900. He took part in the operations in Natal in Dec. 1899; the relief of Ladysmith; operations in Natal, March-June, 1900; and in the Transvaal, East of Pretoria, July to Nov. 1900. For his services in this campaign he was twice mentioned in despatches [London Gazette, 8 Feb. and 22 Feb. 1901], and twice by General Sir R. H. Buller (30 March and 9 Nov. 1900), and received the brevet of Lieut.-Col. and the Queen's medal with six clasps. On his return from the Cape he was immediately (5 March, 1901) appointed Brigade Major, Royal Artillery, Aldershot, 1st Army Corps, which post he held till 14 April, 1904. He was A.A.G. at the War Office, 2 March, 1908 to 1910, and on 14 July, 1910, was appointed to the command of R.A. 1st Div. Aldershot Command, consisting of the 25th, 26th, 39th and 43rd Field Artillery Brigades. Brig.-Gen. Findlay took the Royal Artillery (1st Division) to France with the Expeditionary Force, 15 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action, near Courchamp, 10 Sept. 1914, while directing the fire of the batteries. He was made a C.B. in 1905. He _m._ at St. Paul's Church, Knightsbridge, 17 Feb. 1892, Alma (Alphington, Frimley, Surrey), dau. of Thomas Lloyd, of Minard, co. Argyle, and had two daus.: Anne, _b._ 18 Dec. 1892; and Constance, _b._ 3 Dec. 1894. [Illustration: =Neil Douglas Findlay.=] =FINES, GEORGE WILLIAM=, Private, No. 47995, 15th Battn. (48th Highlanders), Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of Charles Fines, of Spaldington Howden, by his wife, Jane, dau. of the late George Danby Cottingham; _b._ Blacktoft, near Howden, co. York, 16 July, 1889; educ. Little Weighton Church of England School; emigrated to Canada along with a brother in 1911, and was engaged on farm work. On the outbreak of war he enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force, and was wounded in the trenches in France while on night duty, and died while being conveyed to the hospital, 23 Nov. 1915; _unm._ He was the first Spaldington man to fall. [Illustration: =George William Fines.=] =FINK, GORDON=, Private, No. 674, A Coy., 16th Battn. 4th Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, _s._ of Hon. Theodore Fink, of Melbourne, Barrister and Solicitor, ex-Minister of the Crown, Member of the University Council, etc., by his wife, Kate, dau. of the late George Isaacs; _b._ Broceliande, South Yarra, Melbourne, 21 Nov. 1884; educ. Ormond College, Melbourne University; Bachelor of Laws, 1907; admitted a Barrister, Victoria, 1908; served in the Australian Field Artillery, 1907-9, being promoted 2nd Lieut. in the later year; went to the Malay States in 1910, but returned in 1911 and settled in Western Australia; called to the Bar there 1913. On the outbreak of war he enlisted at Perth, left for Egypt with the second Expeditionary Force, and was killed in action near Gaba Tepe, Gallipoli, while gallantly carrying ammunition to the firing line, 2 May, 1915; _unm._ A comrade (Private Harry W. Leake) wrote: "On the evening of 2 May our battn. made an advance forward to take up a new position, and Gordon, who was Major Mansbridge's observer, left the Major to assist the ammunition carriers get the boxes of ammunition up to our new trenches. There was one place where they had to go through a perfect hail of bullets, and Gordon was the only one who would face it. He got across safely with two or three boxes, and was then unfortunately shot through the head. Death was evidently instantaneous." Major Mansbridge, in a letter to the "Perth Daily News," said: "Gordon Fink, who was my observer and always at my side, asked if he could give a hand carrying ammunition up the side of a hill we call 'Bloody Angle.' I reluctantly gave permission, and that was the last I saw of him. His body was found 14 days later shot through the head." [Illustration: =Gordon Fink.=] =FINLAY, FREDERICK=, Private, No. 5492, 1st Battn. East Yorkshire Regt., _s._ of Edward Finlay, of Swalwell, Durham, by his wife; _b._ Scotswood, co. Northumberland, about 1890; enlisted 10 Aug. 1909, and was killed in action at Ypres, 18 Oct. 1914. He _m._ at Gateshead, 7 Feb. 1914, Elizabeth, dau. of Robert Somerville, and had one child, John Somerville, _b._ Blaydon, 19 Feb. 1913. =FINLAY, ROBERT CHRISTIE=, Private, No. 8353, 2nd Battn. The Royal Scots, 3rd _s._ of Thomas Finlay, of 233, Morningside Road, Edinburgh, by his wife, Helen, dau. of Peter Heatly; _b._ Edinburgh, 21 Dec. 1887; educ. South Morningside Board School there; enlisted 4 Dec. 1902, and served three years with the Colours, and was at the time of the outbreak of war a Bricklayer in the employ of Colin McAndrew, of Lauriston Gardens. He went to the Front, 11 Nov. 1914, and was killed in action in a bayonet charge at Petit Bois, near Kemmel, 14 Dec. 1914. He was a member of St. Matthew's Parish Church, Edinburgh. He _m._ at Edinburgh, 18 June, 1909, Jane Johnstone (22, Wardlaw Place, Edinburgh), |