The death of Mr. Alfred Reinhold Tanner Finch, age 47. of the Asiatie~ Petvoleum Ca. (North occurred suddenly Saturday, following a ittness. Mr. Finch is survived by his wife Jand young daughter, Educated at St. Paul's School and Jesus College, Cambridge, Mr. Finen came to China in 1032 for the Asiatic-Petroleum Ca. (North China), Lid. He saw active service in Egypt and Palestine during the Great War and was a 2nd Lieutenant with The Suffolk Regiment in 1917," and Lieutenant with The Northamptonshire Regiment from 1017-1918. He went back {0 Cambridge after the Armistice and was a Cadet-Sergeant in the Cambridge University ETC. from 1919-1922, He married Miss J, Hemmings of Tientsin in 1932. During his stay in China he was stationed, in addition fo Shanghai, in Hangchow, Changsha, /Tientsin, and Tsingtao. Tle had been Tsingtao since March last. year, He had many friends in Shanghai and-will be remembered for his cheery disposition and Keenness on sport. He was a member of the Country Club, the Shanghai Race Club, and the Shanghai Rugby Union Football Club, for which he played Jduring his earlier days "in China, He was also a very keen oarsmen and a member of the Shanghai Rowing Club. When "he arrived in Shanghai, he joined the then existing Machine' Gun Company, S.V.C, in 1923, remaining with the unit until He re-joined the same unit In 1927, and, alter ils conversion. into the "Armoured Car Company, was member from 1933-35.
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