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Sapper JOHN FINLAY

Service Number: 2161226
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

278 Field Coy.

Date of Death

Died 19 November 1944

Age 32 years old

Buried or commemorated at

NEDERWEERT WAR CEMETERY

II. F. 10.

Netherlands

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Rose Finlay, of Forest Gate, Essex.
  • Personal Inscription GOD REST YOUR SOUL IN PEACE. I THINK OF YOU IN SILENCE. YOUR LOVING WIFE ROSE
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Buried or commemorated at

NEDERWEERT WAR CEMETERY
Limburg (Netherlands) Netherlands
Number of casualties: 363
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