Military service
Burial/memorial information
British War Medal, Victory Medal.
Digital gallery of Lance Sergeant Colin Finnie
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Newspaper Clipping
In memory of the members of the 15th, 92nd and 134th Battalions (48th Highlanders) who went to war and did not return. Submitted by the 48th Highlanders Museum 73 Simcoe St. Toronto for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Press Clipping
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Cap Badge
Cap Badge 92nd Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Lance Sergeant Finnie enlisted in the 92nd Bn but was transferred to the 42nd Bn (Royal Highlanders of Canada) as a reinforcement. Submitted by Capt (ret'd) V.Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Badge
Cap Badge 42nd Bn (Royal Highlanders of Canada). Lance Sergeant Finnie enlisted with the 92nd Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada) but was transferred to the 42nd Bn as a reinforcement. Submitted by Capt (ret’d) V. Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Shoulder Flash
Shoulder Patch 42nd Bn (Royal Highlanders of Canada). Lance Sergeant Finnie enlisted with the 92nd Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada) but was transferred to the 42nd Bn as a reinforcement. Submitted by Capt (ret’d) V. Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram May 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 407 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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SUCRERIE CEMETERY, ABLAIN ST.-NAZAIRE Pas de Calais, France
Ablain-St Nazaire is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, approximately 13 kilometres north of Arras. Take the D937 (Bethune Road) to the village of Buchez. Make a left turn along the D57. The SUCRERIE CEMETERY lies 1.2 kilometres on the left side of this road.
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