Able Seaman
WH Finch
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  • Name
  • Initials
    WH
  • Surname
    Finch
  • Date of Birth
  • Birth town
  • Resided town
  • Commemorated
  • Nationality
  • Place of death
  • Date of death
  • Married
  • Occupation

Service Information

  • Royal Navy

  • Service Number
  • Rank
    Able Seaman
  • Ship
    HMS General Wolf

Biography

W H Finch passed through Peterborough East Station on 24 January 1917 and wrote in the visitors’ book “A very handy place when you got
to wait nearly 15 hrs for a train on Sundays”.  His entry reveals that he was an Able Seaman serving on HMS Wolf.

This was a common abbreviation of the ship’s full name of HMS General Wolfe, which spent her entire war service with the Dover Patrol.  For more about this ship please see http://bit.ly/2Dx71Rr

Do you recognise this sailor?  Please get in touch if you can tell us more about him.

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