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Robert Henry Finlay

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Robert's Pension Record image courtesy of WFA

Military Information

  • Date of enlistment:
  • Place of enlistment: Dundee
  • Service no: 4743
  • Rank: Private
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  • Regiment/Service: Black Watch
  • Unit/Ship: 1st/4th Battalion
  • Place of Death: France
  • Age at Death: 22
  • Date of Death: 19/04/1916
  • Burial Country: France
  • Cemetery: Wimereux Communal Cemetery
  • Grave/Mem Ref no: I. M. 10A.

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth:
  • Place of Birth: Dundee
  • Address: 75 Victoria Road, Dundee
  • Occupation:
  • Mother:

    Louisa Cairney, 3803 Ethel St, Verdun, Ontario, Canada

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More about Robert Henry Finlay

Robert Finlay   4743   Black Watch

FINLAY___At No. 14 Stationary Hospital, on the 19th April, of spinal meningitis, Private Robert Finlay, aged 22, son of L. Finlay, 75 Victoria Road, Dundee, and grandson of the late Alexander Finlay, rope and twine spinner, Montrose.

Dundee People’s Journal 22nd April 1916

Additional information kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell

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