FINCH, EDWARD TERENCE DOYNE, Torpedo Lieutenant, Royal Navy, elder son of Arthur Edward Finch, by his wife, Charlotte, daughter of the Rev. Philip Walter Doyne; b. Madras, India, 6 Nov. 1887; educated Connaught House, Weymouth, and H.M.S. Britannia (1902-3); entered the Navy as a cadet, 15 Sept. 1903; became Midshipman, 15 Oct. following; Sub-Lieutenant, 15 Dec. 1906; Lieutenant, 15 June, 1908, and served in H.M. ships Hannibal, Prince George, Cornwall and Suffolk. He then commanded in turn H.M.T.B. 85 and H.M.T.B. 078, and afterwards H.M.T.B.D. Dasher and H.M.T.B.D. Brazen. He left this last destroyer in order to qualify as a Torpedo Lieutenant in H.M.S. Vernon, and on obtaining this qualification he was appointed to the Bulwark, 13 Aug 1913, and was killed when that ship was blown up off Sheerness, 26 Nov. 1914; unmarried.
FINCH, EDWARD TERENCE DOYNE, Torpedo Lieutenant, Royal Navy, elder son of Arthur Edward Finch, by his wife, Charlotte, daughter of the Rev. Philip Walter Doyne; b. Madras, India, 6 Nov. 1887; educated Connaught House, Weymouth, and H.M.S. Britannia (1902-3); entered the Navy as a cadet, 15 Sept. 1903; became Midshipman, 15 Oct. following; Sub-Lieutenant, 15 Dec. 1906; Lieutenant, 15 June, 1908, and served in H.M. ships Hannibal, Prince George, Cornwall and Suffolk. He then commanded in turn H.M.T.B. 85 and H.M.T.B. 078, and afterwards H.M.T.B.D. Dasher and H.M.T.B.D. Brazen. He left this last destroyer in order to qualify as a Torpedo Lieutenant in H.M.S. Vernon, and on obtaining this qualification he was appointed to the Bulwark, 13 Aug 1913, and was killed when that ship was blown up off Sheerness, 26 Nov. 1914; unmarried.
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Lieutenant, Royal Navy. Age: Unknown.
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