Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Lewis Melvin Finch
In memory of:
Private Lewis Melvin Finch
September 16, 1916
Albert, France
Military Service
404334
22
Army
Canadian Army Medical Corps
5th Field Amb.
Additional Information
May 18, 1894
Hamilton, Wenworth, Ontario
June 10, 1915
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario
Son of Susan-Armintha Lottridge (deceased in 1904) and Joseph-Ferris Finch (remarried in 1905 to Annie Petley and deceased in 1912). When he enlisted, Melvin named his aunt Arvilla Lottridge, of Rochester, New-York, as next of kin.
At the front, Melvin first served for over six months with the 22nd Battalion and, at his request, as he wanted to become a medical student, he was transferred to the No.5 Canadian Field Ambulance. He was severely wounded one month later during the Somme Offensive and he died of his wounds at No.9 Canadian Field Ambulance, then located in Albert.
Commemorated on Page 85 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
ALBERT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme, France
I. O. 50.
Albert is a town on the River Ancre in the Department of the Somme, 28 kilometres north-east of Amiens. The ALBERT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION is on the south-east side of Albert and the junction of the roads to Fricourt and Meaulte, and the Extension is entirely enclosed by it.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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Photo of Lewis Melvin Finch – Served with the 35th Battalion CEF. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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