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Private Allan Balfour

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Private Allan Balfour

Birth
Saint Cyrus, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Death
9 Apr 1917 (aged 23)
Vimy, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Burial
Thelus, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France GPS-Latitude: 50.3555556, Longitude: 2.7797222
Plot
Arras Road Cem. Mem. 19.
Memorial ID
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Private Balfour was 'Killed in action' during the Battle of Vimy Ridge.
Rank: Private
Service Number: 204666
Age: 23
Force: Canadian Army
Unit: Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division: 15th Battalion

A farmer by trade, residing in Blucher, Saskatchewan, Canada, he enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force on 6 April 1916 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. He served in Canada, in England and in France.

Son of Margaret Balfour of St. Cyrus, Aberdeenshire, Scotland; brother of James Balfour of St. Cyrus.

Private Allan Balfour is commemorated on Page 195 of Canada's First World War Book of Remembrance.
He is also commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
And Private Allan Balfour is commemorated on the Saskatchewan Virtual War Memorial.
Private Balfour was 'Killed in action' during the Battle of Vimy Ridge.
Rank: Private
Service Number: 204666
Age: 23
Force: Canadian Army
Unit: Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division: 15th Battalion

A farmer by trade, residing in Blucher, Saskatchewan, Canada, he enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force on 6 April 1916 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. He served in Canada, in England and in France.

Son of Margaret Balfour of St. Cyrus, Aberdeenshire, Scotland; brother of James Balfour of St. Cyrus.

Private Allan Balfour is commemorated on Page 195 of Canada's First World War Book of Remembrance.
He is also commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
And Private Allan Balfour is commemorated on the Saskatchewan Virtual War Memorial.

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