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Name : Roy Norman Finlay Son of : Henry Finlay and Louisa Finlay (née Gilbert), of Brading, Isle of Wight. Born : 1901, Brighstone, Isle of Wight. Married : 1933, Audrey May Redstone, St Mary's Church, Brading. One son, Donald, born 1934, registered Sandown/Shanklin sub-district. |
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Census information : 1911 : Henry and Louisa Finlay, with their children including Colin aged 13 and Roy aged 9, are at Moss Bank, Shanklin, Isle of Wight. Henry Finlay is a Naval Pensioner; Church Caretaker. |
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Service Details : First Radio Officer Roy Norman Finlay, Merchant Navy, s.s. Culebra (Liverpool) |
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Casualty Details : Died : 17 Jan 1942 aged 40. Commemorated at : Tower Hill Memorial. 
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Commemorated on these Memorials :
Brading Town War Memorial Sandown High School / Grammar School War Memorial There is also an additional inscription (with an incorrect date) on his wife's gravestone at Brading : St Mary's Churchyard which reads IN
LOVING MEMORY OF AUDREY MAY FINLAY 1909 - 1988 DAUGHTER OF VICTOR AND RUTH REDSTONE WIDOW OF ROY NORMAN FINLAY LOST AT SEA 1943 
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Further information :
His older brother, Leonard Henri Harcourt Finlay, served as a Writer in the Royal Navy. He was born on 27 Aug 1883. There is no evidence that he lived on the Isle of Wight. He is commemorated on the Shanklin St Blasius' Church Scroll of Remembrance - those who served His older brother, Ernest William Finlay, served during the Great War, but no details of his service record are known. He was born in 1888. There is no evidence that he lived on the Isle of Wight. He is commemorated on the Shanklin St Blasius' Church Scroll of Remembrance - those who served His older brother, Walter James Finlay, died in World War I in the explosion on H.M.S. Bulwark, on 26 Nov 1914. Born 2 Oct 1885, at Ecclesbourne, Sussex, he served from 1900 as a Writer in the Royal Navy, and although commemorated on the Shanklin Memorials there is no evidence that he lived on the Isle of Wight. CWGC record ... Commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial His older brother, Colin Douglas Finlay, died in World War I (died 19 Apr 1917, Gaza). His nephew, Derek Dudley Mew, died in the Korean War (died 21 Sep 1951). |
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Links :
s.s. Culebra wreck site |
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Acknowledgments :
Janet Griffin for newspaper research. Steve Palmer for image of FINLAY gravestone (from the Molly Pewsey collection) |
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Page status :
Page last updated : 25 September 2014 (added to website) |
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