Serjeant DAVID FINLAY
Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
2nd Bn.
Died 21 January 1916
Age 23 years old
- Country of Service United Kingdom
- Awards Victoria Cross
- Additional Info Husband of Mrs. F. Finlay (now Mrs. Wilson), of The Anchorage, St. Abb's, Coldingham, Berwickshire.
- Additional Citation note
An extract from the "London Gazette", dated 29th June, 1915, records the following:-"For most conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty on 9th May, 1915, near Rue du Bois, when he led a bombing party of twelve men with the greatest gallantry in the attack until ten of them had fallen. Lance-Corporal Finlay then ordered the two survivors to crawl back, and he himself went to the assistance of a wounded man and carried him over a distance of 100 yards of fire-swept ground into cover, quite regardless of his own personal safety."
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