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Pte. Frederick Charles Banks
British Army 1/5th Btn. Sherwood Foresters
from:Edmonton, London
(d.2nd May 1943)
Frederick Banks was the husband of Louisa Violet Banks, nee Alberry. Before the war, he was in the retail industry.
On 15th of February 1942, he was captured at the fall of Singapore. At age 27, he died in a camp in Thailand, camp name not known, and is buried in Kanchanaburi War Cemetery.
He had one child, Evelyn Sheila Banks (1936-1945). In 1950, his wife remarried to Thomas Edward Cleal, there were no children from this marriage.