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Lance Corporal WILLIAM LESLIE BANKS

Service Number: 4457234
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Durham Light Infantry

9th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 June 1942

Buried or commemorated at

KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA

1. E. 8.

Libya

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas and Henrietta Banks, of Washington, Co. Durham.
  • Personal Inscription TO THEE, O LORD, WE LIFT OUR PRAYER AND LEAVE OUR LOVED ONE IN THY CARE
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Buried or commemorated at

KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA
Libya
Number of casualties: 3670
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