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Captain ANTHONY MELVILLE BALFOUR

Service Number: 72673
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Scots Guards

1st. Bn.

Date of Death

Died 09 February 1944

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BEACH HEAD WAR CEMETERY, ANZIO

XXI. D. 4.

Italy

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Cross
  • Additional Info Son of Melville and Margaret Mary Balfour, of Wintershill Hall, Hampshire.
  • Personal Inscription BUT THE GIFT OF GOD IS ETERNAL LIFE
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Buried or commemorated at

BEACH HEAD WAR CEMETERY, ANZIO
Italy
Number of casualties: 2317
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