• Born: 18 November 1873, Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland
• Marriage (1): Margaret Shiel WALLACE on 16 July 1909 in Berwick on Tweed, Northumberland, England
• Died: 11 August 1915, Gallipoli, Canakkale, Turkey at age 41 ²
• Buried: 1915, Gallipoli, Canakkale, Turkey

   Other names for David were David Jaffray FINDLAY and David Jeffrey FINDLAY.

  Death Notes

Died in action during WWI

  Burial Notes

Helles Memorial; No Known Grave —  name is listed on either Panel 23 to 25 or  Panel 325 to 328.

  Recorded Events in His Life

• Cenotaph: A memorial exists for David in Berwick-upon-Tweed Cemetery in Berwick on Tweed, Northumberland, England, although he is buried elsewhere.
  
  Panel 1
  To the Memory of MARGARET wife of JOHN S. WALLACE who died 12th May 1863 aged 38 years.
  Also four of their children who died in infancy.
  Also MAURICE DIXON son of JOHN S. & ELIZTH. WALLACE who died 25th Feby. 1876 aged 11 months.
  Also CATHERINE eldest daughter of the above who died 27th Oct. 1877 aged 25.
  
  Panel 2
  In Memory of DAVID J. FINDLAY husband of MARGT. WALLACE & son-in-law JOHN S. WALLACE killed in action in Gallipoli 10th Augt. 1915 aged 41 years.
  Also the above MARGT. WALLACE died 28th Jany. 1928 aged 55 years.
  Also JOHN S.W.A. FINDLAY their son died 14th Feby. 1931 aged 20 years.
  Also EDWIN WALLACE M.M. died 2nd Dec 1954 aged 78 years.

• Gallery: Birth Certificate, on 18 November 1873, in Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland.

• He appeared on the 1891 Census of Scotland on 5 April 1891 in Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland.
  

Penelope Findlay   Head     54   Irvine, Ayrshire       Hand Flowerer
Robert Findlay     Son      21   Irvine, Ayrshire       Hammerman
David Findlay      Son      17   Kilwinning, Ayrshire   Stonehewer's Apprentice
Esther Jeffrey     Niece    12   Irvine, Ayrshire       Scholar
Arthur Jeffrey     Nephew    9   Irvine, Ayrshire       Scholar

• He worked as a Stonehewer's Apprentice on 5 April 1891 in Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland.

• He appeared on the 1911 England Census on 2 April 1911 in Dawdon, Durham, England.

• He has conflicting death information of 10 August 1915 and Gallipoli, Canakkale, Turkey. ³ Died in action during WWI

• Gallery: Wallace-Findlay monument in Berwick-on-Tweed Cemetery, in 2019, in Berwick on Tweed, Northumberland, England.

David married Margaret Shiel WALLACE, daughter of John Samuel WALLACE and Elizabeth Mary Ann Matilda DIXON, on 16 July 1909 in Berwick on Tweed, Northumberland, England. (Margaret Shiel WALLACE was born in 1872 in Berwick on Tweed, Northumberland, England, died on 25 January 1928 in Berwick on Tweed, Northumberland, England and was buried in 1928 in Berwick on Tweed, Northumberland, England.)