Also Served: Alfred Finney - Alfred FINNEY
Church View, The Holt, Rainhill Pte 1943, 1/5th Bn., South Lancashire Regiment Alfred was 20 years old when he joined the Territorial Battalion of the South Lancashire Regiment on 2nd April 1914, signing on for four years service. He worked as a Coal Miner at Sutton Heath Colliery.
On the outbreak of war in August 1914, he was called up for full time service. He sailed from Southampton on 12th February 1915, arriving at Le Havre the following day.
He received a Gun Shot wound to the leg on 14th May 1915 and after going through No 10 Casualty Clearing Station and No 14 General Hospital, he required hospital treatment back in the UK, with Alfred sailing about the Hospital Ship 'St David' on 16th May.
He left Southampton a second time on 12th October 1915, but in March 1916 he was again in hospital, this time suffering from defective vision. He was treated at Etaples and Rouen. Also around this time, Alfred was confined to camp for 7 days having been charged with (and found guilty of) 'Damaging a Tent', for which he also had to pay 2s 6d. He returned to his unit in June 1916.
When the Territorial Forces were renumbered in March 1917, Alfred was redesignated as Private 240323.
In January 1918, Alfred was granted 14 days leave in the UK, and on return from this leave he remained in France and Flanders until the end of the war. He was returned to the UK for demobilisation on 15th December 1918 and was finally discharged on 13th January 1919.
Alfred received his 1914-1915 Star in January 1921 and his British War Medal and Victory Medal in 1923.
Alfred Finney's Medal Index Card
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