The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private G E Finch

Photograph by "Adrienne"

Private George Edward FINCH, G/19199, 11th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of wounds, 12th Casualty Clearing Station, Flanders France, 8th June 1917, age 31.

Born Camberwell, Surrey, son of John and Mary Finch, of Camberwell, London.

20th June 1909, St Giles Camberwell, George Edward Finch, age 24, bachelor, Insurance Agent, 12 Mosedale Street, father John Emmanuel Finch, builder, married Kate Mary Finch, age 27, spinster, 12 Mosedale Street, father Thomas Finch, watchman.

Child - Winifred Lilian Finch, born 2nd December 1909, Camberwell, London.

1911 Census - 2 Bonar Road, Peckham, SE - George Edward Finch, head, age 26, married, Agent Prudential Assurance, born Camberwell, London; Kate Mary Finch, wife, age 29, married 1 year, 1 child, still alive, born Bermondsey, London; Winifred Lilian Finch, daughter, age 1, born Peckham, London.

Enlisted Camberwell, Surrey, age 31, height 5ft 7¾ inches, weight 133lbs, upper& lower dentures, fresh complexion, grey eyes, brown hair. Resided 172 Clonen? Park, Peckham, SE. Formerly insurance agent.

Home 12th November 1915 to 3rd January 1917; BEF 4th January 1917 to 8th June 1917.

12th November 1915, enlisted; 13th November 1915, to Army Reserve; 8th June 1916, mobilized; 11th June 1916, posted 2/1st Kent Cyclist Battalion, Service No.2616; 3rd January 1917, embarked / disembarked; 4th January 1917, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 9th February 1917, joined 11th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment.

16th December 1917, date when Separation Allowance 21/- a week, Allotment of Pay 3/6 a week, will cease.

17th December 1917, pension of 22/11 a week awarded to widow (Kate Mary Finch) & two children.

Buried at Mendinghem Military Cemetery, II. D. 10., Belgium.

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