Issue 47

THE BALCHIN FAMILY NEWSLETTER Issue 47           January 2018 Contents   page 2017 Gathering – Diana Beamish 5 Searching for the elusive Edmund Balchin – Rob Balchin 6 Edmund Balchin 1826 – 1888 – Jenny Dixon 15 Balchin sisters celebrate their Golden and Diamond Wedding Anniversaries in 2017 –  Anne Chapman 20 ARNI Approach:  Action for […]

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The Centenary of the Foundation of the Imperial Society and Dedication of the Knights’ Chapel in the Crypt of St. Paul’s Cathedral

  On November 13th 2008, Sir Robert Balchin, 11th Knight Principal of The Imperial Society of Knights Bachelor, welcomed on behalf of the Society, HM The Queen, its Patron, accompanied by HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, to St Paul’s Cathedral for the Centenary Service and the Dedication of a new Chapel of the Knights which had been created […]

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THE BALCHIN FAMILY NEWSLETTER- EXTRACTS

THE BALCHIN FAMILY NEWSLETTER- EXTRACTS Any connection of a milk bottle with 1944 preparations for D-Day? –  Professor Tom Balchin Tom found the following account by William Brooks, the general secretary of East Wittering Local History Group, about some allied 1944 preparations for D-Day. Allied troops practising for the Normandy landings by invading Ray Balchin’s […]

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Books

‘His Own Executioner: The Life of Nigel Balchin’ by Derek Collett This biography of Nigel Marlin Balchin tells the story of a man who, at various points in his life, was an industrial psychologist, an army officer, a film scriptwriter and, of course, a very fine novelist. The book can be posted to members in the […]

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Binders for Newsletters

Binders for Newsletters The binders hold 16 issues and are covered in a dark green material, with the shell and anchor of the Society’s badge. The binders cost £7.50 each including postage and packing in the UK. For overseas the cost is £10 each including airmail postage and packing. **Special Package Deal**  Issues 1-16 of Newsletter […]

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