FINNEY, George Edward

Rank: 
Marine
Unit / Base: 
41RM Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Royal Marines
Service: 
Royal Navy
Number: 
PLY/X 102675
Born: 
Monday, August 9, 1920
Birthplace: 
Longton, Staffordshire
Died : 
Saturday, March 24, 1945
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age: 
24
Marine George Edward Finney 41 Commando
Marine George Finney died during operations in Holland. He had been in the Forces for four years before which he was employed as a China Caster by Messrs Brain and Co., Longton. Son of John Joseph and Edith Finney, of Longton, Stoke-on-Trent. 
 
Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/130.
[Image] Report in the Evening Sentinel (Stoke on Trent) 04 April 1945.
 
Primary Roll of Honour: 
Photo of grave in Gallery: 
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