Finan,+Michael

Michael was a regular soldier before the war and served in India with the Royal Munster fusiliers. He was also killed in action. at Etreux France when 9 officers and 113 men from his battalion were killed holding back a german army corps. He is buried at Etreux military cemetery. Michael was born in Keighley and prior to joining the army was a iron moulder. I cannot find his service record or any report of his death in the local press.The brothers parents were Irish immigrants and the father died in keighley in1905

Michael's brother John Finan was also killed in action.