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[Alex Balfour]

Hi No, not that i am aware of my Father's ancestors were linked to the sea and farming up the east coast of Scotland and to the Orkneys.

[Keith at Tregenna]

Stoker
BALFOUR, RICHARD
Service Number LT/KX 101251
Died 28/05/1940
Aged 26
H.M. Trawler Thuringia.
Royal Naval Patrol Service
Son of Alexander and Ellen Balfour, of Methil, Fife. His brother, Peter Smart Balfour, also died on service.

https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/c...four,-richard/

[Marian Gray]

Name: Richard R. Balfour
Event: Death
Birth Date: 7 May 1914
Birth Place: Leven, Fife
Death Date: 28 May 1940
Death Age: 26
Rank:Stoker,Service Number LT/KX 101251, R.N.P.S [Royal Naval Patrol Service]
Ship: H.M.S Lynx [H.M.T Thuringia]


Inscription On Gravestone, [Will Send photos by pm link doesn't open here]

Stoker Richard R Balfour
Royal Naval Patrol Service
LT/KX 101251

Burial:
St James Cemetery
Dover
Dover District
Kent, England
Plot: Row D. Joint grave 9.
Maintained by: IWPP Custodial Account
Originally Created by: International Wargraves


On his CR2 Cert it states:
First name(s) Richard
Last name Balfour
Event year 1921
Birth year 1914
Birth place Leven
Birth county/country Fife [Date of Dis: 8 /4/ 35]
Birth date 07 May 1914
Height: 5'7'' Eyes: Blue, Hair: Dark, Complexion: Fresh, Distinguishing Marks: Nil
Rating: Fireman/Trimmer
Discharge number R 121931
Card type CR2
Archive The National Archives
Series BT348
Date range 1921-1941
Piece number 1

Record set Britain, Merchant Seamen, 1918-1941
Name & Official No of Ship: SS Maindy Hill 129781


Scotland, Electoral Registers, 1914-1966
Name: Richard Balfour
Residence Year: 1935
Street address: 130, Den Walk,
Residence Place: Fife, Scotland

[Doc Vernon]

Balfour R.JPG

inscription

[Alex Balfour]

Hi there,I have not been on for a while due to a variety of reasons,one being waiting for the documents on my Father from the National Archives .I would like someone to tell me / read between the lines of what a particular card means (I think my Father was torpedoed on the Samwake 31.7.44) How can I send a copy for someone to look at please ?Alex

[Keith at Tregenna]

On July 31st, 1944, the British steel cargo ship SAMWAKE, built in 1944 and operated at the time of her loss by the Minestry of War Transport, on voyage from Normandy to the Thames, was torpedoed and sunk by German schnellboote S-79, S-91 and S-114.

https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?196