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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 38485" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Balfour-Paul </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Ian Valentine </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>A Squadron GHQ Liaison Regiment,R.A.C. </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Captain </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>179620 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AWARD</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Military Cross, Mention in Despatches </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>PLACE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>N.W. Europe 1944-45 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 14.2.1916 Bournemouth,Dorset</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>son of John William and Muriel (nee Monteith) Balfour Paul</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>educated Wellington College</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>educated Pembroke College,Cambridge</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>assistant master,Mill Hill School</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>biology master,Merchiston Castle School.Edinburgh 1939</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>141 or 142 OCTU</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>commissioned 29.3.1941 Royal Engineers</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>L Squadron</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>B Squadron early 1944</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>A Squadron 14.3.1944</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>awarded M.C. for Rhine Crossing</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>schoolmaster, Merchiston Castle School postwar (housemaster 1953-69,retired 1971)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>unmarried</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>resided Castle Douglas, Kircudbrightshire, UK</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>died 16.6.2010 (Aged 94)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>London Gazette 37213, 7th August 1945, Page 4049 (MiD)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>London Gazette 37442, 22nd January 1946, Page 638 (MC)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/i-balfour-paul.10824/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/10/10824-e6072879f79179d211ecf8e3b5120e1f.jpg?1591389929" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
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