Banks George L/Cpl 4451922
Personnel Entry
Name Banks George
Army number 4451922
Rank Lance Corporal.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Born County Durham, probably 1920/21.
Age 23 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, no enlistment date as yet, but his number suggests 1938 or early 1939. Posted ? 6th Battalion. Posted 10th Battalion DLI - possibly 1/9/1939. Served with the B.E.F. in Northern France? Served Iceland?. Served Normandy. Reported missing 19/8/1944. Reported missing, now presumed killed in action 19/8/1944. KILLED in ACTION 19/8/44 with 10th Bn Durham Light Infantry.
Company/Battery Company not yet known.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Not known but probably Rifleman.
Joined Brigade Possibly 1/9/1939.
Promotions None known beyond Lance Corporal.
Wounded Reported wounded July 1944.
Prisoner of War Not so far as is known.
Died/Killed in action 19-Aug-44. No known grave. Commemorated Panel 17, Column 1, Bayeux Memorial.
Home address Resident of County Durham. Son of Joseph and Bessie Banks, husband of Sheila Banks, West Auckland.
Source table 10DLI
