Issue 39

THE BALCHIN FAMILY NEWSLETTER Issue 39           January 2014   Contents page Brockham Balchins – Jenny Dixon 4 Easter 1936 and 1937 in Siebeldingen, Southern Germany – and afterwards – Diana Beamish 9 1953 Coronation memories – Anne Gatland 15 The Wey & Arun Canal – Dr Nigel C Balchin 16 The Flying Watch! – Sir […]

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Issue 38

THE BALCHIN FAMILY NEWSLETTER Issue 38           July 2013   Contents page Education Archives – Diana Beamish 4 Enquiries looking for Information – Jenny Dixon 5 Balchin Country Visited by Rail – Diana Beamish 6 Society Calendar for 2014 6 Seventy Years Ago – Diana Beamish 7 Diary Notes from the Outbreak of the First World […]

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Issue 37

THE BALCHIN FAMILY NEWSLETTER Issue 37           January 2013   Contents page Gathering 2013 4 From Our Postbag 4 Gathering 2012 – Jenny Dixon 5 Knights Bachelor – Robert Balchin 6 What have you found? – Jenny Dixon 7 International Gathering in the Rhineland 1935 – Diana Beamish 9 Congratulations to: 13 Obsessive Compulsive Hoarder – […]

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Issue 36

THE BALCHIN FAMILY NEWSLETTER Issue 36           July 2012   Contents page HMS Victory in the news – Diana Beamish 4 Australian Family History Compilation: Part 2 – Diana Beamish 5 Also in Australia … – Diana Beamish 11 A Much-Decorated Balchin – Jenny Dixon 12 Balchins in the News 16 Gathering 2012 17 Seventy Years […]

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Issue 35

THE BALCHIN FAMILY NEWSLETTER Issue 35           January 2012   Contents page HMS Victory (lost 1744) – Press Release 23 January 2012 4 A Gathering with a Difference – Diana Beamish 6 For the King and the Cause –painted by John Seymour Lucas RA – Sir Robert Balchin, Lord Lingfield 7 From Our Postbag 9 Models […]

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Issue 34

THE BALCHIN FAMILY NEWSLETTER Issue 34           July 2011   Contents page What Have I Found? – Diana Beamish 4 Seventy Years Ago – Diana Beamish 6 Can You Help? – a plea from Jenny Dixon 6 An Australian Family Tree – Jill Cantwell & Dr Nigel C Balchin 7 The Society Tea-Towel 11 John Richard […]

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Issue 33

THE BALCHIN FAMILY NEWSLETTER Issue 33           January 2011   Contents page Gathering 2011 4 Congratulations 4 An Ancient Ceremony: The Introduction of The Rt Hon The Lord Lingfield – Dr Thomas Balchin 5 Pilgrimage Holiday to Oberammergau, Venice and Lucerne, 12 to 20 June 2010 – Rosemary and Colin Balchin 6 Resolute and Courageous Balchins […]

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Issue 32

THE BALCHIN FAMILY NEWSLETTER Issue 32           July 2010   Contents page Kentish Cavalcade Pageant 60 years ago – Diana Beamish 4 The Victorian Episode, West Kent Pageant – F M Balchin 6 J. C Balchin Jeweller of 162 Lambeth Walk – Sir Robert Balchin 8 Seventy Years Ago, … – Diana Beamish 10 The Reward […]

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Issue 31

THE BALCHIN FAMILY NEWSLETTER Issue 31           January 2010   Contents page The 2009 Gathering at Loseley Park – Diana Beamish 4 British Army Prisoners of War Lists – Jenny Dixon 6 James Balchin in The Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regiment – Diana Beamish 7 Balchins of Banstead, Surrey 10 Seventy Years Ago … – Diana […]

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Issue 30

THE BALCHIN FAMILY NEWSLETTER Issue 30           July 2009   Contents page The Wreck of Balchin’s Victory Discovered – Sir Robert Balchin 4 Births, Marriages and Deaths 9 The Loss of the Victory man of War 10 The Chapel of The Imperial Society of Knights Bachelor – Dr Thomas Balchin 12 Bernt Balchin, Explorer and Aviator: […]

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