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Lance Corporal JOSEPH BALCH

Service Number: 8100
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Scots Guards

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 15 April 1918

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY

XXIX. C. 12.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Eli and Emma Balch, of 23, Holker St., Keighley, Yorks; late of Kensal Green, London. At Mons and in the retreat with 1st Bn. Scots Guards. Transferred to 2nd Bn.
  • Personal Inscription THEIR GRIEF IS TURNED TO HAPPINESS NO HUMAN HEART CAN KNOW AT REST
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