Finch, George
Captain George Finch, R.A.M.C. (TF) died of pleuro-pneumonia in the Officers' Hospital, Basra on October 8th. He was educated at Leeds University and at St. Thomas's Hospital, and took the diplomas of M.R.C.S. and L.R.C.P. in 1905, and the D.P.H. Oxon in 1910. After filling the appointments of assistant house-surgeon at the Royal Westminster Ophthalmic Hospital, of house-physician at the Brompton Consumption Hospital, and of assistant medical officer to the East Sussex County Council, he took up the post of assistant to the county medical officer of health for East Suffolk. On August 11th, 1914, a week after war was declared, he took a commission as lieutenant and medical officer in the 3rd East Anglian (Howitzer) Brigade of Royal Artillery (Territorial) and was transferred to the 3rd London General Hospital as captain on April 1st 1915. British Medical Journal 26 Oct 191
Biographical
| Surname(s) | Finch |
|---|---|
| First name(s) | George |
| Previous education | Leeds University |
| College | St Thomas' Hospital |
| Dates at college | 1903-1905 |
| Dept / course | Conjoint Diploma |
| Qualifications | M.R.C.S.. L.R.C.P. 1905; D.P.H. Oxon 1910 |
| Military unit | R.A.M.C. |
| Date enlisted | 11 August 1914 |
| War / conflict | World War One (1914-1918) |
| Date of death | 8 October 1918 |
| Rank at death | Captain |
| Place of death | Officers' Hospital Basra |
| Cause of death | Pleuro-pneumonia |
| Burial place | Basra War Cemetery |
| Sources | St Thomas's Hospital Medical School Records, King's College London Archives; Commonwealth War Graves Commission; British Medical Journal |