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Trooper DOUGLAS HORNBY BANKS

Service Number: 14278213
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Tank Regiment, R.A.C.

H.Q. Sqn., 51st (The Leeds Rifle) Royal Tank Regt.

Date of Death

Died 17 October 1944

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ASSISI WAR CEMETERY

I, B, 7.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Ernerst Wilson Banks and Olive Banks, of Leeds, Yorkshire.
  • Personal Inscription TREASURED MEMORIES OF OUR DEAR SON. MAM, DAD, SISTERS AND BROTHERS, LEEDS, ENGLAND
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Buried or commemorated at

ASSISI WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 949
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