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Dvr. Joseph Balfour

British Army 29th Div Ammunition Column Royal Field Artillery

from:Stenhousemuir, Stirlingshire

(d.23rd Oct 1915)

Joseph Balfour was my father`s half brother. Joseph drowned on the HMT Marquette which was sunk by U35 23 Oct 1915 57.5 Kilometres south of Salonika Bay, his body was never recovered. The Marquette sank in thirteen minutes and 167 lives were lost.

Joseph was born on 8th September 1890 in Falkirk. He was 25 when he died. His mother was Mrs Helen B Douglas Balfour of Crowsnest Loan, Stenhousemuir, Larbert, Stirlingshire.



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