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Chief Petty Officer Telegraphist JAMES FINCH

Service Number: D/J 658
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.S. Drake.

Date of Death

Died 24 October 1942

Age 58 years old

Buried or commemorated at

COLNE VALLEY (SLAITHWAITE) CEMETERY

Block C. Sec. 3. Grave 79.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Sarah Finch; husband of Ada Finch, of Slaithwaite.
  • Personal Inscription WITHOUT FAREWELL HE FELL ASLEEP ONLY MEMORIES ARE LEFT TO KEEP
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Buried or commemorated at

COLNE VALLEY (SLAITHWAITE) CEMETERY
Yorkshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 24
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