Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Kirkcaldy
- Town
- Markinch
- County
- Fife
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 85290
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Current location
Parish Church
Kirk Brae
Markinch
Kirkcaldy
Fife
KY7 6DS
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NO 29743 01968
Denomination: Church of Scotland
- Description
- Brass plaque with decorated border and raised lettering
- Inscription
- IN LOVING MEMORY OF/CAPTAIN JAMES ALFRED BALFOUR/1ST. BATT. THE HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY/KILLED IN ACTION 11TH JANUARY 1917/AT KUT-EL AMARA IN MESOPOTAMIA/BORN AT BALBIRNIE, 6TH FEBRUARY 1889/THE ELDEST SURVIVING SON OF/BRIGADIER-GENERAL ALFRED G. BALFOUR, C.B./THE BELOVED HUSBAND OF MARIE BALFOUR
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Balfour, James Alfred
See details - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames, relationships, rank, regiment, place of death, manner of death, date of death, date of birth, place of birth
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass
- Plaque
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
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