Lionel Finch DSO  OBE
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Lionel Hugh Knightley Finch DSO OBE (1888 - 1982)

Maj Gen Lionel Hugh Knightley Finch DSO OBE
Born in Murree, Punjab, Indiamap
Ancestors ancestors
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married 1919 in St. Georges, Hanover Square, London, Englandmap
Died at age 94 in Sheepdown Close, Petworth, West Sussex, Englandmap
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Biography

Lionel, son of Edward Finch and Dora Burne, was born christened in Murree, India on 16th August 1888. [1] He joined the Royal Sussex Regiment in about 1912 [2] and by 1815 he is a Captain in the Cheshire Regiment [3]
In 1919 he married Helene Hildegard Joanne Schild, from Nijmegen, Holland, at St. George's, Hanover Square. [4] They had one daughter,June Hildegard Franklyn Finch. b.1922-1999 [5] Lionel died at Sheepdown Close Petworth, W. Sussex in 1982 at the age of 94 [6] his Will proven January 1983 [7] Helene died six months later in April 1983 1983 at Pendean Nursing Home, Midhurst, Sussex. [8]



Sources

  1. India, Select Birth and Baptisms 1786-1947
  2. Ancestry.com. UK, British Army Lists, 1882-1962 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
  3. Ancestry.com. UK, British Army Lists, 1882-1962 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
  4. Ancestry.com. England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916-2005 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010
  5. Ancestry.com. England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc., 2007.
  6. Ancestry.com. England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc., 2007.
  7. Ancestry.com. England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
  8. Ancestry.com. England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
  • Lon Eng Death Notices from the Times - 19.4.1983.
  • 1940 London Metropolitan Archives; London, England; London City Directories Ancestry.com. London, England, City Directories, 1736-1943 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2018.
  • Service Record Google - http://www.generals.dk/general/Finch/Lionel_Hugh_Knightley/Great_Britain.html
  • 1930–1933 Commanding Officer Depot Cheshire Regiment
  • 1934 Commanding Officer Landi Kotal Brigade [India]
  • 1934 Deputy Assistant Quartermaster General, India
  • 1934-1936 Commanding Officer 1st Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers
  • 1936-1939 Assistant Adjutant-General, War Office
  • 1939–1940 Deputy Director of Recruiting & Organization, War Office
  • 1940 Deputy Adjutant-General, War Office
  • 1940-06-09-1940-07-14 General Officer Commanding 18th Division
  • 1940 Retired
  • 1940- Recalled
  • 1940-02-24–1941 Chairman of ? Committees, War Office
  • 1941–1942 District Officer Commanding East Central District
  • 1943 Retired




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