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Pte. William George Bambury
British Army 8th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment
from:6 Langton Park, Bedminster, Bristol
(d.23rd Jul 1916)
William Bambury was born in 1896 in Bedminster, Bristol the son of James Edward Bambury and Sarah Ann Edwards. He worked as a packer in W.D. & H.O. Wills Cigarette Factory in Bedminster. He lost his life on the 23rd of July 1916 and is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial.
Pte. Clement Bamford
British Army 9th Battalion Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
from:Sheffield
(d.8th August 1918)
Pte. Heber John Walter Bamford
Canadian Expeditionary Force New Brunswick Regiment 44th Btn.
(d.25th Oct 1916)
Heber Bamford was killed in action on the 25th of October 1916, aged 36. He is buried in the Adanac Military Cemetery in Somme, France. He was the husband of Bertha Bamford
Pte. Tom Bamford
British Army 9th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment
from:Kilnhurst, Rotherham.
(d.2nd Oct 1916)
Tom Bamford is buried at Adanac Commonwealth war cemetery, Miraumont, France. He was probably killed at Battle of le Transloy
Pte. R. Bamlett
Army Durham Light Infantry
(d.06 Mar 1917)
Pte. Albert Edward Bance MM
British Army 13th Btn. East Surrey Rgt.
(d.26th November 1917)
My great grandfather, Pte Albert Bance MM, served in the 13th Btn East Surrey Regiment in WWI. He died on 26th November 1917 in the Battle of Cambrai. I know he was fighting around Bourlon Wood and that's where I believe he was killed. I would like to find detailed information about this battle.
Pte. George Bance
British Army 10th Battalion Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment
from:Borough Green
George Bance enlisted on the 20th November 1915 in Maidstone, Kent, aged 25, his height was 5ft 2 inches and he resided at 14/15 Rock Road, Borough Green, Kent. Formerly working as a labourer. He was the husband of Catherine Margaret Bance, (nee Webb) and they married on the 13th November 1915 in Platt, Kent.
George served with the 10th Battalion Royal West Kent Regiment, under command of 123rd Brigade, 41st Division. They served in Britain from 20th November 1915 to 2nd May 1916 then were part of the British Expeditionary Force, 3rd May 1916 to 7th August 1917. The battalion participated in the Battle of Fler-Courcellete (15-22 September 1916) when the 41st Division captured the village of Flers. (41st Division sustained 3000 casualties of the battles 29,376 total). They participated in the Battle of Le Transloy Ridges (Somme)(1 October-5 November 1916). At the The Battle of Messines (7-14 June 1917) they served under Under X Corps, which was composed of 41st, 47th, 23rd and 24th Brigades. They then fought in the Battle of Passchendaele / Third Battle of Ypres (31st July-10th November 1917).
On the 31st July 1917 (First day of the Battle of Passchendale) George was wounded during the Battle of Pilckem Ridge, suffering multiple gun shot wounds. He returned to England on the 8th August 1917 and was in hospital until 19th November 1917. From the 5th October to 15th October 1917he was given leave from hospital. George was sent back overseas on 20th November 1917.
The entire 41st Division moved by train to Mantua, Italy. They took up positions on the front line at the river Piave North-West of Treviso. In February they left Italy by train, departing from Campo San Piero, to concentrate near Doullens and Mondicourt. On the 22nd of February 1918, George was again wounded, suffering gun shot wounds, a compound fracture left femur, wounded in the face & forearm. He returned to England on the 6th of June 1918 and on the 23rd December 1918, discharged as "no longer physically fit for War Service" due to wounds and was issued Silver War (Wound) Badge number B70840. He was awarded a pension of 27/6 a week to be reviewed in 26 weeks, for 100% disability, gun shot wound to face, loss of eye, wounded thigh and forearm.
Pte. Thomas Gilbert Bane
British Army Middlesex Regiment
from:Norfolk
My dad Thomas Gilbert Bane was 6ft and well built but underage, he was found out and transferred to the Middlesex Regiment in 1917 as a Bugler. Because of his age he did not see service abroad. He was demobbed in 1919 and was declared class Z Army Reserve.
Capt. Charles Banfield
British Army Royal Garrison Artillery
from:Portsmouh
My Grandfather was Capt. Charles Banfield. He retired from the Royal Garrison Artillery in 1926. He was married to Sarah Beatrice Williams and had two sons - Stewart Alfred George Banfield in 1914 and Stanley Banfield in 1911.
Pte. Henry Charles Banfield
Australian Army 10th Battalion
from:Adelaide (Moonta) SA
(d.June 1941)
Pte. John Banger
British Army 8th Btn. Somerset Light Infantry
from:Norton-sub-Hamdon
(d.24th April 1917)
John Banger fell at the Battle of Arras at the age of 26. His body was never found but he is remembered with honour on the Arras Memorial.
Sister. Banham
Queen Alexandras Nursing Service No. 16 Stationary Hospital
Sgt. James Banham
British Army 2nd Battalion Suffolk Regiment
from:Nelson, Lancs
(d.26th Sep 1917)
Lt. Hugh Bankhead
British Army 10th Battalion Border Regiment
Hugh Bankhead was a student at University of Glasgow. The entry in the University's Roll of Honour 1914-1918 is the only reference to him that I have found.
Sjt. J. Bankhead
Army Durham Light Infantry
Fireman Alfred Banks
Royal Navy HMS Aegusa
(d.28th April 1916)
My grandfather's brother, Alfred Banks, was one of the six crew members lost on board HMS Aegusa. He had a wife and child in Southampton.
Pte. Charles Banks
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Served with 18th Dli and as Pte 22768 MGC
Pte. Charles Banks
British Army 12th Btn., A Coy. South Wales Borderers
from:Newport
(d.6th May 1917)
Charles Banks was killed in action at La Vacquerie, he was 19 years old. He died assisting a comrade. His nephew was named for him and died in WW2 in Thunderbolt submarine.
Sh.Smth. George Edward Banks
British Army 277th Brigade, B Battery Royal Field Artillery
from:Liverpool
(d.5th Apr 1918)
Cook. James Joseph Banks
Mercantile Marine SS. Serapis
from:Jarrow
(d.26th Jun 1917)
James Joseph Banks was a ship's Cook on the S.S. Serapis (Glasgow) with the Mercantile Marine. He was aged 25 when he died on 26th June 1917. Born at Saffron Hill London, he was the son of the late James George and Ann Charlotte Banks and husband of Dorothy Banks (nee Smith) of 16 Ormonde Street Jarrow. James is remembered on the Tower Hill Memorial and is commemorated on the Triptych in St. Paul's Church Jarrow.
Pte. John Banks
British Army 2nd Btn. King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
from:Miles Platting, Manchester, Lancashire
(d.27th August 1917)
My Gran's brother, John Banks, was born in Ireland on 27th June 1898. He worked as a trolley boy on a bus in Manchester. He lived in Miles Platting, Manchester. John was working one day when some women passengers showed a white feather to the driver and John. The driver stopped the bus and they both went and joined up. John joined up on 17th October 1915, he was under age being only 17 years old. He gave his age as 19 yrs and 4 months.
He lost his life whole serving attached to the 13th Battalion, Manchester Regiment. He is buried in the Dorian Military Cemetery. He is also remembered on the plaque outside Queens Rd Bus Depot in Manchester, Lancashire.
Pte R Banks
British Army 19th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers
(d.21st Jul 1916)
Banks, R. Private, 19/831, Died of wounds on 21st July 1916.
Buried in Dive Copse British Cemetery, Sailly-Le-Sec Somme, in grave II. F. 8.
From the 19th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers Roll of Honour.
ERA1 Robert Banks
Royal Australian Navy HMAS Encounter
from:Portsmouth
(d.27th Feb 1915)
Engine Room Artificer 1st Class Robert Banks received the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal. He was the husband of Sarah Elizabeth Banks of 57 High St., Portsmouth. He was born at Hull and had served in the South Africa Campaign. He was 42 when he died and is buried in the Suvo Old Cemetery in Fiji.
Cpl. Thomas Banks MM.
British Army 1st Bn. Lancashire Fusiliers
(d.4th Apr 1918)
Thomas Banks served with the Lancashire Fusiliers 1st Battalion and was killed in action aged 19 on 4th April 1918. He is remembered at the Ploegsteert Memorial. He was awarded the Military Medal in June 1917
Pte. Thomas Banks
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Blaydon
(d.16th Sep 1916)
Marine. William Banks
Royal Marine Light Infantry HMS Clan McNaughton.
from:
(d.3rd Feb 1915)
My grandmother often told the story of how as a child, she opened a telegram and wandered into the parlour asking her mother Mary Banks, [nee Brady] and her grandmother, "how can they lose all their hands?" Never understanding the significance of her words, yet seeing all too quickly the effect upon her now twice widowed mother. Her stepfather was William Banks, I believe a stoker aboard HMS Clan McNaughton. I have a photo of him in his Naval Uniform taken prior to his marriage to my great Grandmother.
Pte. William Banks
Royal Navy Marine Light Infantry HMS Clan McNaughton
from:Edinburgh
(d.3rd Feb 1915)
I recall my grandmother telling me about the telegram which arrived and which she opened. She wandered into the parlour where her mother and grandmother were and said, "how silly, that the telegram said they'd "lost all hands", and how silly that was." William Banks was aboard the Clan MacNaughton, an armed merchant cruiser, lost, believed foundered off NW Scotland, there were no survivors.
Rfm. William Banks
British Army 21st (Yeoman Rifles) Btn. Kings Royal Rifle Corps
from:Darlington
Pte. Lionel Henry Banner
British Army 20th Battalion Middlesex Regiment
from:Bromley, East London
(d.24th Nov 1917)
George Bannerman
Canadian Army 1st Canadian Field Ambulance Canadian Army Medical Corps
from:Calgary, Canada
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