Nottingham Evening Post obituary (abridged), 23 October 1916: 'Finch. Killed in action, Sergeant David Finch (better known as Harrington), Sherwood Foresters, of 20 Windmill Street. Wife, Florence Finch.'
David’s brother in law was also killed during the Great War :
Gunner Thomas William Morley, 25th Divisional Ammunition Column, was killed accidentally on 5th August 1916. He is buried in Bouzincourt Communal Cemetery Extension. He was the husband of Mrs Hannah Leavesley (formerly Morley née Finch) of 49 Mitchell Street Radford Nottingham.
Death notice published 24th October 1916 in the Nottingham Evening Post :-
“FlNCH. — Killed in action. September 13th, 1916.[1] Sergeant David Finch, Sherwood Foresters, of 28, Auckland-street, Radford, brother of Sergeant Samuel Finch, [2] killed in action, August, 9th, 1915, also brother-in-law of Gunner Thomas W. Morley, [3] 49, Mitchell-street, killed in action, August 5th, 1916. In a far and lonely battlefield, where the trees their branches bend, lie our loved ones, gone to their untimely end. Silently the shades of evening gather round our lonely door, silently they bring before us faces we shall see no more. Duty nobly done. — Broken-hearted mother, soldier brother Jack, & sisters.”
[1] The Commonwealth War Graves Commission give his date of death as 16th September 1916. However, it is more likely that the date given by the family is correct – the war diary supports this.
[2] Sgt. Samuel Finch, 2nd Battalion Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment, was killed in action at Hooge on 9th August 1915. He is commemorated on the Menin Gate.
[3] Gnr. Thomas William Morley, 25th Divisional Ammunition Column, was killed accidentally on 5th August 1916. He is buried in Bouzincourt Communal Cemetery Extension. He was the husband of Mrs. H. Leavesley (formerly Morley), of 49 Mitchell Street, Radford, Nottingham.
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