Humphrey Colquhoun Balloch

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Appears: Ballock, Humphrey C

24 November 1890

Arthur and Ethel (née Master)

3rd Battalion Gordon Highlanders

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2nd Lieutenant

2 June 1915, Aberdeen, age 24

Allenvale Cemetery, Aberdeen
     
Biography:
Humphrey Colquhoun Balloch was born, on 24 November 1890, in Chigwell, Essex.  He was the son
and third child of Arthur Colquhoun, a tea merchant, and Ethel Helen Hoskins (née Master).  He had
two sisters.

At the outbreak of war, Humphrey returned from the Straits Settlements (now Malaysia and
Singapore), where he was working.  He obtained a commission in The Regiment.

Before he could deploy, Humphrey died, during training of cerebro-spinal meningitis.  Humphrey
Colquhoun Balloch is buried in Allenvale Cemetery, Aberdeen.