East Yorkshire Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of Thomas Watson Ferrand,
of 6, West View, Grove Street, Beverley Road, Hull, Plumber, by his
wife, Sarah Nicholls, dau. of the late John Fayers, of Hull; _b._
Hull, co. York, 15 May, 1876; educ. St Paul’s School, Hull, and on
leaving there entered the employ of the Yorkshire Fire and Life
Insurance Co., Lowgate, in which he held a responsible post at the time
of his death. He joined the 1st V.B. East Yorkshire Regt. April, 1894;
volunteered for service in South Africa, 8 March, 1900, and served
there for one year and 92 days, receiving the Queen’s medal with four
clasps, and after his return was for a long time Signal Instructor
(Aldershot certificate, 31 Aug. 1903). On the outbreak of the European
War, his regiment were at Camp at Deganway, they were ordered home, and
went straight into training at Darlington and later at Newcastle, and
from there went to the Front, 18 April, 1915. He came safely through
the night attack at Ypres, on Saturday the 25th, and was killed by
shrapnel on Sunday, 26 April, 1915; _unm._ He had the King’s T.F.
medal for efficiency.
[Illustration: =Herbert Harold Ferrand.=]
=FERRIS, CORNELIUS PERCY SPARLING=, Petty Officer, Tel. 178611,
H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MOCKLER-FERRYMAN, HUGH=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Oxfordshire and
Buckinghamshire L.I., elder _s._ of Lieut.-Col. Augustus Ferryman
Mockler-Ferryman, of St. John’s House, Tavistock, Devon, late
Oxfordshire L.I., by his wife, Evelyn, dau. of the late Sir Charles
Whitehead; _b._ Maidstone, co. Kent, 3 May, 1892; educ. St. Neots,
Eversley, Wellington College, and Sandhurst; received his commission
as 2nd Lieut., 20 Sept. 1911, and was promoted Lieut., 27 April, 1914;
went to France with his regt., on the outbreak of war; took part in
the retreat from Mons, the Battles of the Marne and the Aisne, and was
killed in action near La Soupir, 16 Sept. 1914, by a shell which burst
in the middle of his company, killing and wounding several officers and
men. He and two of his brother officers were buried that night in the
churchyard of La Soupir; _unm._ A senior officer wrote: “The whole
regt. mourns the loss of one of its best and most popular officers.
You would be proud if you could hear the way in which the N.C.O.’s and
men speak of him”; while a Corpl. in his company described him in a
letter home as “a thorough sportsman, liked by everyone, and loved by
his company.” Lieut. Mockler-Ferryman, who was a good cricketer and an
excellent bowler, played for Berkshire County, Wellington College, and
the Aldershot Command. In Switzerland, where he spent his winter leave,
he came rapidly to the front as a curler, and in his last season as the
youngest “skip” he contributed largely to Villars victories. He was a
good shot and a keen fisherman.
[Illustration: =Hugh Mockler-Ferryman.=]
=FESTER, WILLIAM ERNEST=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 7345), 224906, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=FETHERSTONE, ROSS LEA=, Private, No. 108219, 3rd Canadian Mounted
Rifles, _s._ of Walter Fetherstone; _b._ North Bay, Ontario,
Canada, 25 Nov. 1890; educ. Calgary, Alberta; joined the C.E.F. March,
1915, and died at Etaples, 30 Nov. 1915, of pneumonia, contracted while
on active service. He _m._ at Akotoks, Alberta, 18 March, 1911,
Kathleen (2060, Hamilton Street, Regina, Sask.), dau. of (--) Tabor,
and had two children: Ernest Joseph, _b._ 18 Dec. 1913; and Sylvia
Ethel, _b._ 3 Dec. 1911.
=FFIELD, BERNARD OSBORNE=, Flight Sub-Lieut., R.N., eldest
_s._ of Bernard Ffield, of the Old Bank House, Coleshill,
Warwickshire, Manufacturer, by his wife, Beatrice, elder dau. of
the late William Hays, of Nevern Square, S.W., and Kilcraggan, co.
Kilkenny; _b._ London, 17 Aug. 1894; educ. Wimbledon College;
gazetted Sub-Lieut. R.N.A.S., 9 Sept. 1914, and received his brevet
from the Royal Aero Club on 10 Dec. following. On 24 Dec. 1914 he was
coming down from a height of about 2,000 ft. after a good flight, at
the Royal Naval Air Station, Hendon, when, at about 200 ft. from the
ground, the machine was seen to take a sudden vertical dive to earth,
and was so smashed that it was impossible to ascertain what had gone
wrong. He died the same evening, Christmas Eve, after receiving the
last rites of his Church; _unm._ A senior brother officer wrote
of him: “He was quite the best of all the others who had gained their
certificates some three weeks before him. I watched most of his flights
as I had to look after the flying. He was one of the neatest men I have
seen; he was so beautifully gentle with his hands, and that is one of
the secrets of a good pilot.”
[Illustration: =Bernard Osborne Ffield.=]
=FFITCH, HARRY HERBERT=, Lieut., 1st Canterbury Regt., New Zealand
Expeditionary Force, _s._ of Henry Ffitch, of 34, Glandovey
Road, Fendaton, New Zealand, Farmer, by his wife, Florence, dau. of
George Dunnage; _b._ Springfield, New Zealand, 28 July, 1888;
educ. High School, Christchurch; was a Lieut. in the New Zealand
Territorial Force; passed his examination for Capt. 6 Oct. 1913, and on
the outbreak of war volunteered for foreign service, and was gazetted
Lieut. 14 Sept. 1914. He was killed in action at the landing at Gabe
Tepe, 26 April, 1915. Sergt.-Major F. G. Hall-Jones, in describing the
action in which Lieut. Ffitch met his death, wrote: “You will have
read how we landed in the morning of 25 April, and advancing over
a shrapnel-swept hill, were split up into small groups of tens and
twenties. I took a small party to where reinforcements appeared to
be urgently needed, and this locality appeared to be the apex of the
triangle (based on the beach) which formed our front. It was, I think,
a little to the right of what subsequently became Quinn’s Post, and
I understand that the exact position subsequently became a ‘no man’s
land,’ untenable by either friend or foe. The fire all the afternoon
was very hot, the Turks having been reinforced, and the Australian
officer (Capt. Leer) withdrew us from the scrub-covered open to the
crest a few yards back, and met his death in so doing. At dusk, the
fire ceasing somewhat, we again advanced, brought in the wounded, and
endeavoured to keep the Turks from advancing up the other side of
the hill; but eventually they outflanked us, and we again sought the
crest and dug in. It was then that I first saw your son, although he
was probably there all the afternoon, and gave him a message that our
Major Dawson (3rd Auckland Coy.) wished to confer with him. The plans
hastily improvised by these two undoubtedly saved the situation, and
incidentally prevented the Turks from piercing our lines and firing
down the big gully (Shrapnel Gully) behind us. The tactics adopted
were: Dig in, send forward occasional scouts and organise small
flanking parties. You will understand that our small party, consisting
of 50 to 80 men, drawn from various Australian and New Zealand battns.,
was quite ‘in the air’ at the apex of the triangle, and the Turks were
able to fire at us from three directions. Your son organised a party
on our right flank in such a way that they not only prevented the
enemy from troubling us from that quarter, but also enfiladed a body
of Turks attacking our men 500 yards away. Let the facts speak their
own tribute. The Turks advanced to the crest--they must have been at
least 300 strong--and dug in only 20 yards away. Their jabbering was
consistent throughout the night; they even talked to isolated units of
our men, said they were Indians, and passed us false words of command.
We fired rapidly the whole night through, and deceiving them as to our
numbers prevented them from charging. I cannot even now remember with
equanimity our condition--exhausted, cold, and over-strained--desirous
only of hurling ourselves at the enemy and ending the tension one way
or another. Mr. Dawson and Mr. Ffitch passed along frequently during
the night with words of advice, encouragement and restraint, and I
realised later their good sense in preventing us from charging. Had
we gone forward we should have been wiped out. At dawn the Turks sent
small parties creeping forward in the scrub, and we continually jumped
up and took a pot shot at them. In this your son excelled, and the word
was occasionally whispered near me, ‘Ffitch has got another one.’ I
understand that he accounted for six that morning. Then, after another
shot, he ejaculated, ‘Missed him,’ re-loaded, and jumped up to fire
again. But the enemy was waiting, and even as he took aim a bullet
cut through the belt of his wrist-watch, entered his cheek and killed
him instantaneously. But his example and the spirit he had inspired
in us did not pass with him, and by adopting his tactics we succeeded
in beating back wave after wave of the enemy during that exhausting
morning until a large party of Australians relieved us.”
[Illustration: =Harry Herbert Ffitch.=]
=FIDDES, JAMES WILLIAM DICK=, Private, No. 8/783, 10th North
Otago Coy. Otago Infantry Battn. New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 2nd
_s._ of J. Fiddes, of Duntroon, Otago, New Zealand, by his wife,
Margaret; volunteered for Imperial Service on the outbreak of war;
left for Egypt in Oct.; took part in the landing at the Dardanelles,
25 April, 1915, and died of wounds received in action there, 8 May,
following; _unm._
=FIELD, EDWARD WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4765),
293724, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=FIELD, FRANCIS HENRY=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 1629), 198808, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=FIELD, STEPHEN=, Capt., Royal Army Medical Corps, only surviving
_s._ of the late George Purdey Field, M.R.C.S., Aural Surgeon
to St. Mary’s Hospital, London, and for 15 years Dean of the Medical
School, by his wife, Pauline (By-the-Brook, Mortimer West End), dau. of
Robert Faulder White; _b._ London, W., 16 April, 1880; educ. Mr.
Hall’s School, Potters Bar, co. Herts; Framlingham, and Harrow, and St.
Mary’s Medical School; gazetted Lieut. R.A.M.C., 28 Jan. 1907, and was
promoted Capt. 28 July, 1910; served in Jamaica, Somaliland (medal),
and with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; was taken
prisoner during the retreat from Mons, and died at the Prisoners’ Camp,
Wittenberg, Saxony, 10 April, 1915, from typhus fever, contracted while
tending soldiers ill of the disease. He _m._ in London, Margaret,
dau. of (--) Price, and had a son and a dau.: Stephen, _b._ 15
Aug. 1906; and Stephanie Margaret, _b._ 15 Aug. 1904.
[Illustration: =Stephen Field.=]
=FIELDER, ALBERT EDWARD=, Leading Stoker, Coastguard, 299691
(Po.), H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=FIELDER, GEORGE WILLIAM=, Private, No. 2197, 1/5th Battn. King’s
Own Yorkshire L.I. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of George William Fielder,
now serving as Mate in the Navy on H.M. Patrol Ships; _b._ Goole,
co. York, 15 April, 1895; educ. Alexander Street Council School there;
enlisted March, 1914; went to France, and was killed in action in
Flanders, 9 July, 1915. Buried in Poperinghe; _unm._ His comrade
spoke of him as “the Little man with the Big heart.”
=FILLEUL, LEONARD AMAURI=, B.A. Oxon., 2nd Lieut., 3rd Battn.
Somerset L.I., attd. to the Oxford and Bucks L.I., 2nd _s._
of the Rev. Philip William Girdlestone Filleul, Rector of Alfold,
Billingshurst, Sussex, late Rector of Devizes, by his wife, Elizabeth,
dau. of (--) Rodway and niece of Rowland Rodway, Adcroft, Trowbridge;
_b._ Bath, 6 Feb. 1888, and was educ. Cleveland House, Weymouth;
Trent College, Derbyshire; and Lincoln College, Oxford. He was in the
University O.T.C., and rowed four years in his College Eight, and
the last year in the winning trial Eight, and on leaving Oxford in
1911, became a master at Monkton Combe School, Bath. The same year
he became attached to the 3rd Battn. Somerset L.I. as supplementary
officer, and on the outbreak of war volunteered for foreign service,
and after a short period of training with the Somerset Special Reserve
Battn., Plymouth, was sent to the Front, 25 Sept., with a draft of
the Oxford and Bucks. L.I. He was killed in action near St. Julien
during the first Battle of Ypres, 21 Oct. 1914, and was buried midway
between St. Julien and Poelcappelle, on the Ypres-St. Jean-Poelcappelle
Road; _unm._ The Colonel of his own regt. wrote: “It was a
great disappointment to learn on my arrival here that Filleul had
been appointed to another regt., and was not coming out to join us
at the Front, for he was a most capable officer, and very popular
with his brother officers.” The former Colonel of his battn. wrote:
“Filleul was my subaltern in two separate years, and of all the young
fellows who were attached to the battn. he was far and away the best
soldier. And not only the best soldier but one of the pleasantest and
most delightful companions I have ever met. Always willing, keen and
cheery, I loved having him with me, and I placed more reliance upon
his judgment and ability than on many a more experienced man”; and
the editor of the “Oxford Magazine” wrote: “He was one of the very
best of his time, an inspiring leader, devoted to the College, and
enthusiastically beloved.” At Trent College he won the Gold Medal of
the National Service League for military proficiency, and at the same
time received a book prize from Earl Roberts.
[Illustration: =Leonard A. Filleul.=]
=FINCH, EDWARD TERENCE DOYNE=, Torpedo Lieut., Royal Navy, elder
_s._ of Arthur Edward Finch, by his wife, Charlotte, dau. of the
Rev. Philip Walter Doyne; _b._ Madras, India, 6 Nov. 1887; educ.
Connaught House, Weymouth, and H.M.S. Britannia (1902–3); entered the
Navy as a cadet, 15 Sept. 1903; became Midshipman, 15 Oct. following;
Sub-Lieut., 15 Dec. 1906; Lieut., 15 June, 1908, and served in H.M.
ships Hannibal, Prince George, Cornwall and Suffolk. He then commanded
in turn H.M.T.B. 85 and H.M.T.B. 078, and afterwards H.M.T.B.D.
Dasher and H.M.T.B.D. Brazen. He left this last destroyer in order
to qualify 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), yst. dau. of David Purves Hall, and had a dau.,
Margaret Johnstone Hall, _b._ 11 May, 1914. His brother, Lieut.
James Heatly Finlay, 9th Battn., 3rd Brigade, Australian Imperial
Force, is now (1916) on active service.
=FINLAYSON, CHARLES TULLOCK=, Seaman, R.N.R., No. 1757C, H.M.S.
Aboukir, 7th _s._ of Donald Finlayson, of Lossiemouth, Morayshire,
by his wife, Catherine; _b._ Lossiemouth, 21 May, 1878; educ.
there; joined the R.N.R. about 1900; called up on mobilisation, 5 Aug.
1914, and was lost in H.M.S. Aboukir, 22 Sept. 1914. He _m._ at
Aberdeen, 18 Aug. 1908, Maggie Taylor (30, Gladstone Street, Blyth),
dau. of William Black; _s.p._
=FINLAYSON, GEORGE RUSSELL=, L.-Sergt., No. 9864, 2nd Battn. The
Black Watch (Royal Highlanders), yst. _s._ of the late Alexander
Finlayson, Railway Goods Checker, by his wife, Jemima, dau. of George
Russell, Coal Agent, Edinburgh; _b._ Edinburgh, 7 Dec. 1888; educ.
Grammar School, Dunkeld, Perth; enlisted in the Black Watch at Perth,
25 April, 1904; and joined the 1st Battn. at Edinburgh Castle; went to
India with a draft, and joined the 2nd Battn. in Dec. 1906; formed one
of His Majesty’s Bodyguard at the Delhi Durbar (medal), 1911; left for
France with the Indian Expeditionary Force after the outbreak of war,
and was killed in action at Festubert, 12 Nov. 1914; _unm._
=FINNETT, HENRY CHARLES=, Private, No. 1217, 3rd Battn. (Royal
Fusiliers) The City of London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of William
Finnett, of 76, Jersey Road, Custom House, E., Labourer, by his wife,
Mary Ann Amelia, dau. of James Pleasant; _b._ London, E., 25
April, 1892; educ. Russell Road School, Custom House; and joined the
Royal Fusiliers in 1912. At the time of the outbreak of war he was
employed as an electrician at the India Rubber Works, Silvertown,
but immediately volunteered for foreign service. He was sent first
to Southampton, afterwards to Alresford for a time, being finally
despatched with a draft to Malta. From there he proceeded to France,
where he was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, 10 March, 1915;
_unm._
[Illustration: =Henry Charles Finnett.=]
=FINNIGAN, JAMES=, Corpl., No. 3293, 2nd Battn. The Royal Scots,
_s._ of the late Thomas Finnigan, for 20 years an employee of
the Edinburgh Tramway Co., by his wife, Robina, dau. of James Tague;
_b._ Edinburgh, 9 July, 1883; educ. St. Mary’s R.C. School, York
Lane; joined the 11th Hussars, 8 Oct. 1900; served through the South
African War, receiving the Queen’s medal, with three clasps, and
obtained his discharge on 8 Oct. 1908. On the outbreak of the European
War he re-enlisted in the 2nd Royal Scots, 20 Aug. 1914; went to
France, 19 Dec. 1914, and was killed in action there, 20 June, 1915,
by the bursting of a shell. Lieut. R. C. Blackwood, of the 2nd Royal
Scots, wrote: “He had gone to act as a guide to the men who were to
relieve us after a long time in the trenches. He was waiting for the
new troops to arrive when a shell burst near him. His death happened in
the night and as we had to hurry off I regret that we were unable to
bury him, but this duty would be carried out by the troops who relieved
us. I am exceedingly sorry to lose such a good corpl. His section was
always the smartest on parade, and he kept them all up to the scratch.
Only the day before his death he had been very active in carrying
wounded soldiers into the trench, and in so doing must have brought
comfort to many.” Corpl. Finnigan _m._ at St. Mary’s Cathedral,
Edinburgh, 30 June, 1911, Helen Brodie (31, Eyre Place, Edinburgh),
dau. of the late William (and Janet Knowles) Brodie, and had two
children: James, _b._ 22 Sept. 1912; and May Helen, _b._ 19
May, 1914.
=FINNIGAN, WILLIAM=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5192), 208508, H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.