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Sapper RICHARD FINLAY

Service Number: 2005785
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

23 Docks Operating Coy.

Date of Death

Died 01 August 1943

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GIBRALTAR (NORTH FRONT) CEMETERY

Plot 1. Row B. Joint grave 7.

Gibraltar

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Annie F. Finlay of Glasgow.
  • Personal Inscription BEAUTIFUL MEMORIES SPRAYED BY A MILLION TEARS. LOVING WIFE, SON AND DAUGHTER
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Buried or commemorated at

GIBRALTAR (NORTH FRONT) CEMETERY
Gibraltar
Number of casualties: 690
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