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Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2009 5:59 pm Post subject: Lt Cmdr David Ian BALFOUR , RN HMS Sheffield 1982 |
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A friend of mine Fraser Mitchell from Aberdeenshire has informed me of an interesting War Memorial to
Lieut Commander David Ian BALFOUR , RN within the Balfour Family Mausoleum at COLINTON , Edinburgh . Lt Cmdr Balfour was killed in action on HMS Sheffield on 4 May 1982 in the Falklands Campaign . Lt Cmdr was a relative of author /lawyer Robert Louis Stevenson as RL Stevenson's grandfather (The Rev Lewis Balfour, DD ) was the Minister at Colinton .
The memorial stone within this Balfour family Mausoleum, COLINTON , Edinburgh reads :
In Memory of
Lt Cdr David Ian Balfour
killed in action
HMS Sheffield
The Falklands
1982
The Scottish National War Memorial , the Castle Edinburgh records
Balfour David Ian
Service No C O 13406T
death date 4 May 1982
Born Edinburgh
HMS Sheffield
Lieut Commander Royal Navy
Falkland Islands
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Patrick W Anderson
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