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4th November 2017, 03:44 AM
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Grandad, see post 6 too, for ship details.
Name: Peter Smart Balfour
Address: 130, Den Walk, Methil, Fife.
Age: 36
Birth Date: abt 1905
Birth Place: Dundee, Scotland
Death Date: 2 Nov 1941
Death Place: At Sea
Rating: Donkeyman
Donkeyman Peter Smart Balfour
Memorial
Birth: unknown [1905]
Death: Nov. 2, 1941
Inscription:
Merchant Navy
Burial:
Tower Hill Memorial
London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Greater London, England
Plot: Panel 54.
Maintained by: IWPP Custodial Account
Originally Created by: International Wargraves ...
Record added: Aug 10, 2006
Find A Grave Memorial# 15220351
Last edited by Marian Gray; 4th November 2017 at 03:52 AM.
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4th November 2017, 04:05 AM
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Gt, Uncle Richard. Could not find anything by guessing dob, can you give me date of death or ships name please.
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4th November 2017, 04:21 AM
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similar TO OTHER POST
DonkeymanBALFOUR, PETER SMART
Died 02/11/1941
Aged 36
S.S. Gretavale (Glasgow)
Merchant Navy
Son of Alexander and Ellen Balfour, of Mathil, Fife. His brother Richard also died on service.
Tower Hill WW2 Memorial Greenawn to Gretavale
Scroll down to last entry Panel 54
Last edited by Doc Vernon; 4th November 2017 at 04:35 AM.
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4th November 2017, 07:49 PM
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First of all Thank You from the bottom of my heart, I am completely blown away by the detail that you have managed to find on my Dad and Grandfather. I just have asked the National archives for a copy of the Record but I am not sure how to extract the info for the CRS ? Again I feel quite humble that you have helped me find out about my Dad.Thanks Again Alex
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4th November 2017, 08:16 PM
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Hello Alex
The CRS10 Documents are best obtained in person by visiting Kew
otherwise you may have to get e researcher to do it for you and that costs !
Wish you well anyway try and keep us informed!
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4th November 2017, 08:43 PM
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14, We aim to please Alex and you are most welcome Do you have an idea roughly when your gt,uncle Richard was born, where, or when he died?
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5th November 2017, 12:35 AM
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Best bet until more is known.
Richard Balfour
1914
Fife
Jean Ritchie Balfour
1896
Midlothian
United Kingdom, Merchant Navy Seamen Records, 1835-1941
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5th November 2017, 12:40 AM
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Originally Posted by
Keith at Tregenna
Best bet until more is known.
Richard Balfour
1914
Fife
Jean Ritchie Balfour
1896
Midlothian
United Kingdom, Merchant Navy Seamen Records, 1835-1941
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Is it possible that Richard may have been Royal Navy ?
https://www.cwgc.org/search-results?...d%2BBalfour%2B
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5th November 2017, 06:38 AM
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I trust the name and background is no relation to Lord Balfour who was responsible for the division of Palestine after the Second World War with the Balfour Agreement.?? JWS
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5th November 2017, 09:40 AM
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Originally Posted by
Marian Gray
Gt, Uncle Richard. Could not find anything by guessing dob, can you give me date of death or ships name please.
Thanks for your great research, my uncle Richard I am led to believe was on the HMS Thuringia an ASW trawler ? lost at sea 28.5.1940 ? if that is so then both my uncle and Grandfather were already lost when my Father went to sea?.
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