William Arthur Finlay
Rank: Private
Service No: S/4297
Place of Birth: Cambuslang
Date of Death: 18/6/17
Theatre of Death: F&F
Regiment/Service: Gordon Highlanders (1st Bn.)
Memorial: Arras Memorial
Rutherglen Lore information: Son of John Finlay, 53 Main Street, Rutherglen.
Soldier’s Effects information: Father John and sisters Margaret and Helen.
1891 census information:
Address: 51 Main Street, Rutherglen.
Father: John (42) grain merchant, born about 1849 in Lesmahagow.
Sister: Maggie M (11) born about 1880 in Rutherglen.
Self: William A (8) born about 1883 in Cambuslang.
Sister: Helen S (4) born about 1887 in Rutherglen.
Newspaper transcript – Pte. W. A. Finlay, Rutherglen. Mr John Finlay, grain merchant, 53 Main Street, Rutherglen, has received official intimation that his son, Private Wm. Arthur Finlay, Gordon Highlanders, was killed in action on 18th June. He possessed the Victorian Medal with five bars for services rendered in the South African War.