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Sergeant DOUGLAS GEORGE FINNEY

Service Number: 755088
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

37 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 09 May 1941

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BASRA WAR CEMETERY

8. D. 3.

Iraq

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John T. Finney and Hannah Finney, of West Brampton, Newcastle under Lyme, Staffordshire.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED THE NOBLEST DEATH A MAN CAN DIE. WITH EVERLASTING LOVE. MOTHER AND DAD
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Buried or commemorated at

BASRA WAR CEMETERY
Iraq
Number of casualties: 3071
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