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First Name: | J R | Last Name: | FINLAY |
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| Date of Death: | 21/03/1918 | Lived/Born In: | Greenwich | |
| Rank: | Engine Room Artificer3 | Unit: | HMS Botha | |
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Current Information:Age-28 66, Straightsmouth, Greenwich Dunkirk Town Cemetery, France
On 21st March, 1918, HMS Botha, a Royal Navy destroyer, was part of a task force that engaged a German flotilla off the Belgian coast. HMS Botha engaged and rammed an enemy torpedo boat but was then torpedoed by a French destroyer which mistook it for as German ship. Considerable damage was done by the torpedo explosion and 13 members of the crew were killed, including J R Finlay. |
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