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Maj John Fortescue Finnis, 53rd Sikhs, 1911. Reproduction of portrait photograph by Langfier Ltd. Finnis was born 14 February 1870. He served as a 2nd lieutenant in the Manchester Regiment before joining the Indian Army. Finnis rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel and was awarded the Distinguished Service Order. His death in Mesopotamia on 14 January 1916 is recorded by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and his name appears on the Basra Memorial in modern Iraq. Finnis is also commemorated on a Punjab Frontier Force memorial plaque from St Augustine’s Church, Kohat, that is now in the National Army Museum Collection. From a photograph album of 284 portrait photographs of British and Indian Officers of the Indian Contingent, who attended the Coronation of King George V and Queen Mary, 1911.

Coronation of King George V, 1911 (Ceremonial Events 1900-1999)