Hi I am trying to find this family in the 1901 census these are the only details I have form the War Graves Com
Harold John Finch Grave Sec C 39
Corporal Royal Air Force (Auxiliary Air Force) 846320
Died 09/02/1943 Age 45
He was the Son of John and Edith Finch; husband of Ida May Finch, of Forest Gate, Essex. Harold also served in the 1914-18 war.
ps i found a birth Finch Harold John Birmingham 6d 214 1898
looking at the index of the 1911 i can see a FINCH HAROLD JOHN M 1898 13 Aston Warwickshire and also a FINCH JOHN WILLIAM M 1879 32 Aston Warwickshire but could not find an edith.
Hi - I've just found your post on a Google search. I am currently looking at Harold Finch myself. He was commissioned in the RAF and also served in WW2, as an Officer, with 101 Squadron, where he received the Distinguished Flying Cross. I am currently trying to establish the reason for the award of the DFC. I'm confident it is the same man as my Finch was also born in Aston in 1898. Ordinarily this would have made him too old (at 45) to have been bomber aircrew in 1943, but with the special duties undertaken by 101 Squadron I'm wondering if he was one of their Special Operators. Do you know if he had any background in German language at all, perhaps through school or perhaps he lived in Germany between the wars?
As an aside, and if it is of any use, he is buried just a few miles from me - I live in Cardiff and could take a photo of his headstone if you wished?
