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258743 L/Cpl. Donald Banks British Army 109th Provost Coy. Corps of Military Police from:Bolton, Lancashire Donald Banks was my late father. He joined the Corps of Military Police no 2nd of January 1942 and was posted to Mychett in Surrey for training. He became a Lance Corporal with the 109th Provost Company, Corps of Military Police and landed on Sword Beach in Normandy in France on D Day plus 2. He was a skilled motorcyclist and was a motorcycle rider in the CMP. He was attached to 30 Corps under the command of General Sir Brian Horrocks and went through Holland in the push up towards Arnhem. The 109th Provost Company were headquartered at Eindhoven in Holland at this period. He continued on through Germany and was injured slightly while a passenger in a Jeep, the driver was shot by a German sniper. The Jeep overturned, but they managed to locate and silence the sniper, who was in a church tower. When the Nuremberg War Crimes Trials took place, my father was appointed as personal bodyguard to the presiding judge, Lord Justice Lawrence. He lived with the judge throughout the trials and attended the courtroom each day. Please type your message:      We recommend you copy the text about this item and keep a copy on your own computer before pressing submit. Your Name:             Email Address:       @ **Please type the first part our your email in the first box (eg. john.smith) the @ sign is added automaticallly, please type the second part in the second box (eg. gmail.com). Do not enter your full email in each box or add an @ sign or random spaces.** Please type in the code shown here:    If you are unable to read the code please click here. If you have received an error message for incorrect code, please click to refresh the code before resending. This should overcome the error message.