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Sunday 19 January 2014

* Flight Cadet George Finney

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Flight Cadet George Finney, was accidentally killed at New Romney, in 1918.  He was born in 1900, in Dublin, making him just 18 years old when he died.

Flight Cadet Service No: TR/8/25444
Date of Death: 01/08/1918 Age: 18
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force and 53rd Bn. Hampshire Regiment Grave Reference Cemetery KENNINGTON CEMETERY

Additional Information:
Son of George and Eda Finney, of St. John's Cottage, Bagley Wood, Oxford.
Source:  http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/648621/FINNEY,%20GEORGE

Listed in the 1901 Census living at Rathgar Road, Dublin. 

Irish Times. Finney-August 1, 1918, killed as the result of an aeroplane accident, Flight Cadet George Finney, Royal Air Force, son of George and Ede Finney, St John’s Cottage, Bagley Wood, Oxford, and formerly of Rathgar, County Dublin. 

The Irish Times, August 1, 1923. 
Roll of Honour.(1914-1918). In Memoriam. Finney-Fifth Anniversary-In loving memory of George Finney, Flight Cadet, H.M.Royal Air Force, accidentally killed at New Romney, during aerial tactics, on 1st August, 1918, aged 18 years, only son of George and Eda Finney, St John’s Cottage, Bagley Wood, Oxford, formerly of Alma ----, Rathgar Road, County Dublin. Kennington Cemetery, Berkshire.

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