Editing David Finlay (VC) (section)

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Finlay was the son of a shepherd named George Finlay and his wife Susan Small. He was 22 years old, and a [[lance-corporal]] in the 2nd Battalion, [[Black Watch|The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)]], [[British Army]] during the [[World War I|First World War]] when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.

On 9 May 1915 near Rue du Bois, [[France]], Lance-Corporal Finlay led a bombing party of 12 men in the attack until 10 of them had fallen. He then ordered the two survivors to crawl back and he himself went to the assistance of a wounded man and carried him over a distance of 100 yards of fire-swept ground into cover, quite regardless of his own safety.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=29210|pages=6269–6270  |date=29 June 1915}}</ref>

Finlay was later promoted to the rank of [[sergeant]]. He was killed in action in [[Mesopotamia]] on 21 January 1916 and is remembered on the [[Basra Memorial]].<ref>[http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/865050 CWGC entry]</ref>