Captain Robert Frederick Balfour

Campaign:

World War 1


Died:

28.10.1914

1SG
Killed in Action Aged 31 at Gheluvelt in Flanders, 28/10/1914.
Buried at Sanctuary Wood cemetery, Belgium. 4. D. 14
His father was Edward Balfour of Balbirnie, Markinch, Fife.
Educated at Eton College
Engaged to Mary Cecily Magdeline Blair of the ancient Blair family whose history goes back to 1203, who remained as Miss Blair all her life because her fiance, Robert Balfour, had been killed in the First World War and she had never married. If he had lived and married Cecily he would have become laird of a large estate in Dalry which has a history going back to the granting of a barony to a man of Norman descent named Jean Francois by King William I of Scots

Memorial(s):

Country Location Name of Memorial Campaign Names Date(s)
Scotland 84-87 Princes Street, Edinburgh EH2 2BB New Club Edinburgh Memorial Plaque World War 1
World War 2
 Robert Balfour 28-10-1914 View
Scotland Markinch Parish Church Kirk Brae Markinch Kirkcaldy Fife KY17 6DS Markinch Parish Church World War 1
 Robert Balfour 28-10-1914 View
England St James's Club (former) 106 Piccadilly Mayfair City Of Westminster Greater London W1 The Bachelors Club World War 1
 Robert Balfour 28-10-1914 View
England Eton College In the Cloisters Eton SL6 6DB England Eton College War Memorial World War 1
World War 2
 Robert Balfour 28-10-1914 View

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