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Name : Colin Douglas Finlay Son of : Henry Finlay and Louisa Finlay (née Gilbert), of "Dunblane," New Rd., Brading, Isle of Wight. Born : 1898, Brighstone, Isle of Wight. |
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Census information : 1901 : Henry and Louisa Finlay, with their children including Colin aged 3, are at Coastguard Buildings, Brighstone, Isle of Wight. Henry Finlay is a Station Officer, Coastguard, R.N. 1911 : Henry and Louisa Finlay, with their children including Colin aged 13 and Roy aged 9, are at Moss Bank, Shanklin, Isle of Wight. Henry Finlay is a Naval Pensioner; Church Caretaker. |
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Service Details : Rifleman 330309 Colin Douglas Finlay, 1/8th Bn., Hampshire Regiment (Isle of Wight Rifles) Former regimental number : 8/1582. |
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Casualty Details : Died : 19 Apr 1917 aged 19. Buried at : Gaza War Cemetery, Israel and Palestine. CWGC Record |
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Commemorated on these Memorials :
Carisbrooke Castle Isle of Wight Rifles Memorial Panel 07 Newport Drill Hall Isle of Wight Rifles War Memorial Shanklin St Blasius' Church Scroll of Remembrance Shanklin St Paul's Church War Memorial Shanklin St Saviour's Church War Memorial Shanklin War Memorial WW I |
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Documents and Newspaper cuttings :
ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY PRESS
Saturday, May 12, 1917 Page 5 THE ISLAND AND THE WAR MISSING Rfn. C. Finlay, Hants Regt. (Shanklin) Page 8 THE PALESTINE FRONT SHANKLIN Rifleman Colin Finlay, reported missing, is 19 years old, and is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Finlay, of Avenue-road. Joining the I.W. Rifles at the outbreak of war, he first saw fighting at Gallipoli, where he was wounded in the foot. He was invalided home, and, after a time, rejoined his battalion in Egypt. |
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Further information :
His older brother, Leonard Henri Harcourt Finlay, served as a Writer in the Royal Navy. He was born on 27 Aug 1883. There is no evidence that he lived on the Isle of Wight. He is commemorated on the Shanklin St Blasius' Church Scroll of Remembrance - those who served His older brother, Ernest William Finlay, served during the Great War, but no details of his service record are known. He was born in 1888. There is no evidence that he lived on the Isle of Wight. He is commemorated on the Shanklin St Blasius' Church Scroll of Remembrance - those who served His older brother, Walter James Finlay, died in the explosion on H.M.S. Bulwark, on 26 Nov 1914. Born 2 Oct 1885, at Ecclesbourne, Sussex, he served from 1900 as a Writer in the Royal Navy, and although commemorated on the Shanklin Memorials there is no evidence that he lived on the Isle of Wight. CWGC record ... Commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial His younger brother, Roy Norman Finlay, died in World War II (died 17 Jan 1942, loss of s.s. Culebra). His nephew, whom he would not have known, Derek Dudley Mew, died in the Korean War (died 21 Sep 1951). |
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Acknowledgments :
Janet Griffin for newspaper research. |
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Page status :
Page last updated : 25 September 2014 (added to website) |
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