Roderick Alexander Finlayson Image

Name

Roderick Alexander Finlayson

Born

1914-03-01

Birth Place

Occupation

Teacher

Died

1945-03-27

Death Place

Rhine River Germany, near Emmerick

Death

Sleeping in a slit trench near his tank, direct hit from sporatic German artillery.

Monument

Ripley Huron Cemetery Monument

Cemetery







Service Record 1


Regimental Number

Not listed

Highest Rank

Lieutenant

Conflict

Battalion

Governor General's Foot Guards

Company

21st Armoured Regiment

Enlistment /Transfer Date

1940-10-05



Notes

Son of Donald and Isbael Ann Finlayson




Sources & Links

- Ripley and Vicinity History
- Rutledge, Jim. “The Men of Huron: A Book of Honour and Remembrance, 1939-1946.” Goderich: J. Rutledge, 2009.
- Library & Archives Canada
- War Graves Commission
- Book of Remembrance
- Canadian Virtual War Memorial