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{{Infobox military person
| name = Sir Henry Finnis
| image =
| caption =
| birth_date =21 April 1890
| death_date =31 May 1945 (aged 55)
| placeofburial_label =
| placeofburial =Rawalpindi War Cemetery
| birth_place = Bengal Presidency. India
| death_place = Rawalpindi, Bengal Presidency, India
| placeofburial_coordinates = 
| nickname =
| allegiance ={{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[United Kingdom]]
| branch =[[British Indian Army|Indian Army]]
| serviceyears =1909−1945
| rank =[[General]]
| unit =
| commands =3rd Battalion, [[12th Frontier Force Regiment]] [[Khojak Brigade]] [[Northern Command (India)|North Western Army]]
| battles =[[World War I]] [[World War II]]
|awards =[[Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath]] [[Companion of the Order of the Star of India]] [[Military Cross]]
| relations =
| laterwork =
}}
[[General]] '''Sir Henry Finnis''' {{postnominals|country=GBR|KCB|CSI|MC}} (21 April 1890 – 31 May 1945) was a British officer in the [[Indian Army]].

==Military career==
Born the son of [[Colonel]] Henry Finnis, [[Order of the Star of India|CSI]] [[Order of the British Empire|CBE]] RE, Finnis was educated at [[Wellington College, Berkshire|Wellington College]] and the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst]].<ref name=kelly>Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Landed and Official Classes 1944</ref> He was commissioned on the unattached list for the [[Indian Army]] on 8 September 1909.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=28286|page=6750|date=7 September 1909}}</ref> He was appointed to the Indian Army's 72nd Punjabis on 12 November 1910;<ref name="Indian Army List Supplement 1941">Indian Army List Supplement 1941</ref> however he transferred to the 53rd Sikhs 22 February 1911.<ref>Indian Army List January 1919</ref>

During [[World War I]], he served in [[Egypt]] from 17 November 1914 to 17 July 1915, [[Aden]] from 18 July 1915 to 9 September 1915, Egypt from 10 September 1915 to 1 December 1915 and [[Mesopotamia]] from 2 December 1915 to 6 May 1916. During this time, he was wounded, was mentioned in dispatches twice, and was awarded the [[Military Cross]].<ref name="Indian Army List Supplement 1941"/>

From November 1916 to May 1919, he was an instructor at the Wellington Cadet College in India. This was followed by a posting as brigade major from May to October 1919 during the Afghanistan and North West Frontier Operations.<ref name="Indian Army List Supplement 1941"/> He transferred to the 52nd Sikhs (later 2nd Battalion of the [[12th Frontier Force Regiment]]) in 1921. He also saw service during the Waziristan operations between 1921 and 1924, including being a General Staff Officer 2nd grade from 17 March 1922 to 1 June 1923.<ref name="Indian Army List Supplement 1941"/>

He became commanding officer of the 3rd Royal Battalion of the [[12th Frontier Force Regiment]] in November 1934.<ref>Indian Army List January 1935</ref><ref name=dk>[http://www.generals.dk/general/Finnis/Sir_Henry/Great_Britain.html Generals.dk]</ref> He went on to be instructor at Senior Officers' School in July 1936<ref>Indian Army List October 1936</ref> and commander of the [[Khojak Brigade]] in May 1938.<ref>Indian Army List January 1939</ref>

He served in [[World War II]] as Military-Secretary at [[India Command|Army Headquarters, India]] from April 1940<ref name="Indian Army List Supplement 1941"/> and as [[General Officer Commanding-in-Chief]] [[Northern Command (India)|North Western Army]] from 1943.<ref name=dk/> He died in May 1945, aged 55, and was buried at [[Rawalpindi]] War Cemetery in [[Pakistan]].<ref name=grave>[http://twgpp.org/information.php?id=3178866 The War Graves Photographic Project]</ref>{{sfn|Smart|2005|p=103}}

==Family==
He married Cecile Violet D'Oyly O'Malley, only daughter of Colonel A. W. D'Oyly O'Malley, [[Order of the Bath|CB]] in 1917.<ref name=kelly/>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
*{{cite book| first=Nick| last=Smart| title=Biographical Dictionary of British Generals of the Second World War| isbn=1844150496| year=2005| location=Barnesley| publisher=Pen & Sword}}

==External links==
*[https://generals.dk/general/Finnis/Henry/Great_Britain.html Generals of World War II]

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{{s-bef|before=[[Edward Quinan|Sir Edward Quinan]]}}
{{s-ttl|title=[[Northern Command (India)|GOC-in-C, North Western Army, India]]|years=1943 – 1945}}
{{s-aft|after=[[Cecil Toovey]]}}
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[[Category:Companions of the Order of the Star of India]]
[[Category:Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Military Cross]]
[[Category:Indian Army personnel of World War I]]
[[Category:People educated at Wellington College, Berkshire]]
[[Category:Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst]]

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