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Flight Lieutenant BERNARD JAMES BALCHIN

Service Number: 46515
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force

Date of Death

Died 22 March 1944

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PETERBOROUGH (EASTFIELD) CEMETERY

Div. 1. Block 17. Grave 7449.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George and Lily Balchin; husband of Gladys Balchin, of Peterborough.
  • Personal Inscription DEARLY LOVED HUSBAND OF GLADYS. "THE PATH OF DUTY WAS THE WAY TO GLORY"
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Buried or commemorated at

PETERBOROUGH (EASTFIELD) CEMETERY
Northamptonshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 71
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