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Captain WILLIAM JOHN BANKS

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Field Artillery

15th Bde.

Date of Death

Died 30 July 1916

Age 35 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DANTZIG ALLEY BRITISH CEMETERY, MAMETZ

I. A. 24.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Cross, Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Son of William and Harriet Banks, of Orleton, Herefordshire; husband of Rosa Kate Banks, of Roman Rd., Worting, Basingstoke.
  • Personal Inscription UNTIL THE DAY BREAKS AND THE SHADOWS FLEE
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Buried or commemorated at

DANTZIG ALLEY BRITISH CEMETERY, MAMETZ
Somme France
Number of casualties: 2053
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