Lance Corporal 12229 William George BANKS

Lance Corporal 12229 William George Banks{gallery}L/Cpl W G Banks{/gallery}9th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment
Killed in action in the Battle of Loos, France and Flanders, 30th September 1915, aged 20

• Commemorated: Loos Memorial, Pas-de-Calais, France. Panel 35 – 37
  
• Awarded 1915 Star, British War and Victory Medals
• Son of the late William and Louise Banks
• Effects left to his grandmother, Caroline Banks
  
• NNWFHS Memorial: Nuneaton WWI Other Regiments

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for L/Cpl Banks
• Loos Memorial
• Devonshire Regiment

Military, Census and Family History Information

• Born c1895 at Kentford, Suffolk (Newmarket)
  
• Lived as a lodger in Sheerness, Kent [1901]
  
• Living with his grandparents at Tittensor, Stoke-on-Trent [1911]
• Employed as a gardener and groom [1911]
• Residing in Coventry [1914 – Soldiers Who Died in Great War]
  
• Enlisted at Nuneaton. Disembarked in France 27 Jul 1915