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Lieutenant Commander David Balme, who seized the Nazis’ top-secret Enigma machine while raiding a sinking U-Boat has died aged 95, having lived at St George's nursing home in Milford on Sea in his final years.
Lt-Cmdr Balme was born London on 1st October 1920 and joined the navy in 1934.
David served aboard the Portsmouth-based destroyer HMS Bulldog, and he led a team that stormed the German ship U-110 and seized the Nazi code machine.
Sir Winston Churchill acknowledged that those involved in the code-cracking operation had helped shorten the war by two years.
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| DAILY ECHO PICTURE Lt-Cmdr David Balmeclick image to enlarge |
New Forest East MP Julian Lewis presented a certificate from David Cameron to Lt-Cmdr David Balme at St George's nursing home before his passing.
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